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Joe Hall’s Making a Stand is a collection of meditations on farm life, family, and the joys of nature by a man who has spent his life working a tract of land farmed for generations by his forebears. Joe is a protector of the environment; a generous supporter of local initiatives; a naturalist; a repairman with a genius for fixing whatever is broken; and a writer often stopping his tractor in mid-furrow and pulling out his notebook. His roadside stand has long been a trove of seasonal produce in the Simsbury, CT region. About the book, Susan Masino, Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College, offers this praise: “In Making a Stand, we visit the fields and forests, ‘the all of it,’ where Joe’s family has stewarded the land since the 1800s. Take a walk with Joe, quietly, and make time to ‘learn from the already.’ ” Tara Donohue Willerup, Vice Chair of the Simsbury Free Library, writes that “Joe Hall gives us a rare insight into time and place. His quiet approach to life has great depth as he connects all that he is to the earth and the world that grows from it. His moments in time give us a chance to pause and reflect on the everyday things we see and maybe take for granted. Now through his words we can see them in a new light.” Joe Hall is continuing the long tradition of a family with deep roots in the Simsbury region. His grandfather was the station master of the Simsbury depot, and his relatives have worked the land in the area for centuries. Joe’s many interests in farming, writing, woodworking, hiking, and archaeology have merged as one. Beginning with trade schools to learn masonry and carpentry, and briefly studying engineering, Joe entered the University of Connecticut, where he studied agriculture and upon graduation continued farming. For the last thirty years, he has operated the J.L.Hall Farm.
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