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  • The Quest for Green: Adventures in small-town life

    Olivia Harnack|Updated Jan 8, 2025

    This week, I decided to take a break from chronicling my humbling experiences with ranch life to highlight a charming slice of small-town living. As I wandered through my new home in Harrington, something felt… missing. Sure, I have the essentials—a dog who acts like she owns the place and a sweet rancher who occasionally joins me for dinner. But my dark wood décor was practically begging for a splash of green. What’s a woman in her early twenties to do? Hit up the local...

  • Bluegrass, barbed wire and wiener dog wrangling

    Olivia Harnack|Updated Dec 31, 2024

    New Year's resolutions are tricky business. Most people vow to lose weight, save money, or finally keep a houseplant alive past February. All noble goals, sure, but this year, my resolution is a bit different: I'm resolving to stay humble. And there's no better place to get a crash course in humility than Seven Springs Ranch. It all started when I returned to feed the cows, a chore I've shockingly come to enjoy-bluegrass baling adventures included. If you've never handled...

  • Rediscovering Christmas without screens

    Olivia Harnack|Updated Dec 18, 2024

    Every Who down in Whoville had tablets galore, and smartphones and headphones and gadgets and more. But the Christmas I knew, in my growing-up days, Was a season of magic in far simpler ways. No dinging devices, no faces aglow from the light of a screen, stealing the show. Instead, there were voices, warm and sincere, Sharing stories and laughter at this time of year. We gathered together—a family, one whole — To watch stop-motion classics that captured the soul. “Ru...