by John Pitney | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
In September 2015, we sat on a pile of gravel, announcing the build of our forever house—a certified Passive House—in McMinnville, Oregon. If you’ve been following our story you know nothing is forever. We did the house. We lived in it 4 years. ...
by John Pitney | Jan 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
How will/did you spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day?!? Last blog I was just learning my ancestors owned slaves. For MLK 2022 I’m sharing some facts of Black History I’ve learned way too recently, things this Old White Guy should’ve known way before now, but I just...
by John Pitney | Jan 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Today is January 6, a date etched in our national memory now as much as 9-11. Many don’t know January 6 is also Epiphany—a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something Our grandson Jackson is 3 1/2. ...
by John Pitney | Nov 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
John Pitney, my grandfather and founder of the Pitney Century Farm, was married to Elizabeth S. Wayland in Licking County, Ohio, Mar. 24, 1834. They were given negro slaves as a wedding gift and I was told a few years ago by Warren Hammonds (relatives in Fayette, Mo.)...
by John Pitney | Sep 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Several years ago, we were living in Eugene, Oregon and I was on the Board of the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition. Under the direction of Megan Kemple (A bonafide Local Food Genius!) we started the Farm to School project for the schools and farms of Lane County. ...
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