Surprised by Hope: An Afternoon With Homesteaders

Surprised by Hope: An Afternoon With Homesteaders
Homesteading offers connection with nature, the family, and with the broader community. Biba Kayewich
Jeff Minick
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Start with a bright October sun and a blanket of blue sky. Add nearly 150 vendors and their wares, 50 speakers, and more than 5,000 participants, including several hundred children.

Throw in a few dogs, some chickens and goats, enthusiastic volunteers, lots of smiles and laughter, the scent of popcorn, freshly brewed coffee, and handmade soap, and you have a picture of the 2022 Homesteaders of America (HOA) Conference at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Front Royal, Virginia.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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