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The first blog of the new year is always a pressure-packed affair, in a “only Rob can feel the pressure” sort of way. What sort of tone should I set for the next twelve months?
Well, you might be surprised with my choice for my 2026 opening act.
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Well, you might be surprised with my choice for my 2026 opening act.
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Snark and Whimsy
Boxed water and colorful roosters
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January 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
The first blog of the new year is always a pressure-packed affair, in a “only Rob can feel the pressure” sort of way. What sort of tone should I set for the next twelve months?
Well, you might be surprised with my choice for my 2026 opening act.
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/snark-and-...
Well, you might be surprised with my choice for my 2026 opening act.
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/snark-and-...
The end of the year is a chance to allow yourself to be amazed by what you actually did accomplish, even if it isn’t exactly what you envisioned in your perfect world scenario.
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Enough Is
And always was
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December 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The end of the year is a chance to allow yourself to be amazed by what you actually did accomplish, even if it isn’t exactly what you envisioned in your perfect world scenario.
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/enough-is
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/enough-is
The cracks in the myth of safety for glyphosate are growing. Not only has a key paper that supported this myth been retracted by the journal that published it, but also a growing number of newer studies are identifying risks that were there all along. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/glyphosate...
Glyphosate's Safety Myth
It's only Roundup?
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December 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The cracks in the myth of safety for glyphosate are growing. Not only has a key paper that supported this myth been retracted by the journal that published it, but also a growing number of newer studies are identifying risks that were there all along. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/glyphosate...
This past Sunday’s entry had at least one cover for each day of Christmas. Here’s wishing you and yours the best, regardless of how or if you celebrate the season. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/twelve-day...
Twelve Days of Covers (for Christmas)
Postal History Sunday #279
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December 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This past Sunday’s entry had at least one cover for each day of Christmas. Here’s wishing you and yours the best, regardless of how or if you celebrate the season. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/twelve-day...
Rural areas have always required a extra effort by postal services around the world. Today's Postal History Sunday takes a look at the 1850s and 60s. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
The Rural Burden
Postal History Sunday #278
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December 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Rural areas have always required a extra effort by postal services around the world. Today's Postal History Sunday takes a look at the 1850s and 60s. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
Are you thinking about organizations that you might want to make some end of year donations? If so, I have some suggestions that have Iowa food and farming connections. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/end-of-yea...
End of Year Giving
Suggestions for 2025
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December 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Are you thinking about organizations that you might want to make some end of year donations? If so, I have some suggestions that have Iowa food and farming connections. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/end-of-yea...
Today's Postal History Sunday is based off an outline for my "elevator speech" for postal history. Enjoy! postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/why-postal...
Why Postal History?
Postal History Sunday #277
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December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Today's Postal History Sunday is based off an outline for my "elevator speech" for postal history. Enjoy! postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/why-postal...
In this week's Postal History Sunday - a look at what draws my eye when I'm looking at a new (to me) area of collecting. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/why-pick-t...
Why Pick This?
Postal History Sunday #276
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December 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
In this week's Postal History Sunday - a look at what draws my eye when I'm looking at a new (to me) area of collecting. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/why-pick-t...
What would I find if I stepped into that picture and followed the trail I see? What would be around the bend? genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/around-bend
Around the Bend
Gratitude for being on the path
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November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What would I find if I stepped into that picture and followed the trail I see? What would be around the bend? genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/around-bend
Who said 13 is an unlucky number? It's a good thing when it leads to gratitude. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/thirteen-s...
Thirteen Steps to Gratitude
Thanksgiving 2025
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November 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Who said 13 is an unlucky number? It's a good thing when it leads to gratitude. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/thirteen-s...
This week, I've got a Merry Chase to share with everyone for Postal History Sunday.
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The Art of the Merry Chase
Postal History Sunday #275
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November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This week, I've got a Merry Chase to share with everyone for Postal History Sunday.
postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
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Postal history not your thing? That’s okay. But what if I add in some penguins to the mix? What do you say to that?
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Waddle, Waddle, Waddle
Postal History Sunday #274
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November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Postal history not your thing? That’s okay. But what if I add in some penguins to the mix? What do you say to that?
postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/waddle-wad...
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Well, the 2025 growing season at the Genuine Faux Farm is pretty much in the books. The harvests are in and we’re pushing to get things ready for frozen soil and cold weather. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/in-the-books
In the Books
2025 edition of the Genuine Faux Farm
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November 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Well, the 2025 growing season at the Genuine Faux Farm is pretty much in the books. The harvests are in and we’re pushing to get things ready for frozen soil and cold weather. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/in-the-books
I’ve tried to keep a “Rainy Day Folder” of things that will lift my spirits on and off over my lifetime. Today, I thought I’d offer up an installment for a collective Rainy Day Folder. I hope this helps lift you up a little if you’re feeling down. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/awe-and-wo...
Awe and Wonder
Rainy Day Files #1
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November 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I’ve tried to keep a “Rainy Day Folder” of things that will lift my spirits on and off over my lifetime. Today, I thought I’d offer up an installment for a collective Rainy Day Folder. I hope this helps lift you up a little if you’re feeling down. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/awe-and-wo...
Looking back, I am disappointed that online “virtual” groups have taken many steps back from their early promise. By giving up our autonomy to algorithms and AI we’re taking away the best reasons for the existence of social media and online interaction. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/watching-t...
Watching the Portal Close
Getting lonelier together
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November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Looking back, I am disappointed that online “virtual” groups have taken many steps back from their early promise. By giving up our autonomy to algorithms and AI we’re taking away the best reasons for the existence of social media and online interaction. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/watching-t...
A lot can happen and a lot DID happen when a letter traveled from France to San Francisco across the Atlantic, around Cape Horn and then past the western coastlines of the Americas. 144 days on a ship and the world did not stand still. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/144-days-f...
144 Days from Bordeaux
Postal History Sunday #27
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November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
A lot can happen and a lot DID happen when a letter traveled from France to San Francisco across the Atlantic, around Cape Horn and then past the western coastlines of the Americas. 144 days on a ship and the world did not stand still. postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/144-days-f...
In this week’s Postal History Sunday - cancellations that don’t talk, parts of parcels that do (if you know what to look for), and a pseudo-ethical pharmaceutical company. What more could you want? postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/for-what-a...
For What Ails You
Postal History Sunday #272
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November 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
In this week’s Postal History Sunday - cancellations that don’t talk, parts of parcels that do (if you know what to look for), and a pseudo-ethical pharmaceutical company. What more could you want? postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/for-what-a...
Wondering what started Daylight Savings Time? Or maybe you're considering options to move away from DST? Here's the article for you! genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/the-daylig...
The Daylight Savings Debacle
Solving the world's problems, one at a time
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November 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Wondering what started Daylight Savings Time? Or maybe you're considering options to move away from DST? Here's the article for you! genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/the-daylig...
When I share images from the farm, I see them differently than most of you do. For that matter, I can see the same image and I see something different depending on the litany I’m reciting to myself when I view it. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/a-choice-o...
A Choice of Litany
..it's your call
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October 28, 2025 at 11:12 PM
When I share images from the farm, I see them differently than most of you do. For that matter, I can see the same image and I see something different depending on the litany I’m reciting to myself when I view it. genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/a-choice-o...
This week's Postal History Sunday takes a look at some covers (and a tag) from the Columbian issue of 1893. Enjoy! postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/the-ocean-...
The Ocean Blue
Postal History Sunday #271
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October 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This week's Postal History Sunday takes a look at some covers (and a tag) from the Columbian issue of 1893. Enjoy! postalhistorysunday.substack.com/p/the-ocean-...
Have you ever described the internal fight between good and evil in our own minds as two “shoulder angels” who try to convince us which way to go? One is dressed as an angel, complete with robe and harp. The other is a demon in a red suit with horns.
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Expertise
It's not a dirty word
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October 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Have you ever described the internal fight between good and evil in our own minds as two “shoulder angels” who try to convince us which way to go? One is dressed as an angel, complete with robe and harp. The other is a demon in a red suit with horns.
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/expertise
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/expertise
I am about to admit something that sounds very strange, even to my ears. There are times when I miss the way things were during the pandemic. I don’t miss the awful stuff. But there were some beautiful things I hoped would endure.
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Getting Back to It
and walking there again
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October 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I am about to admit something that sounds very strange, even to my ears. There are times when I miss the way things were during the pandemic. I don’t miss the awful stuff. But there were some beautiful things I hoped would endure.
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/getting-ba...
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I don't play the social media game at all well. I know the rules yet steadfastly abide by my own guidelines. I still write and engage in creativity. Because it's not about the likes. A lot of it is about the freedom and joy that comes with the process.
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Time to Get Creative
Practicing creativity is a good start
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October 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I don't play the social media game at all well. I know the rules yet steadfastly abide by my own guidelines. I still write and engage in creativity. Because it's not about the likes. A lot of it is about the freedom and joy that comes with the process.
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/time-to-ge...
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/time-to-ge...
I've heard about "Iowa Nice" for most of my life. It's a way those of us who live here can poke a little fun at ourselves. But there is a truth behind that fun, nice isn't always kind. And I've come to believe I would really rather be "Iowa Kind."
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Kind? Nice?
Or maybe "kinda nice?"
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October 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I've heard about "Iowa Nice" for most of my life. It's a way those of us who live here can poke a little fun at ourselves. But there is a truth behind that fun, nice isn't always kind. And I've come to believe I would really rather be "Iowa Kind."
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Why are we prone to buying into scams and false narratives? Sometimes we want to believe something too much or we fear the loss of something dear to us. With all of the false narratives around us we need to think harder about who we're going to believe.
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Who Ya Gonna Believe?
Someone you know or...
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October 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Why are we prone to buying into scams and false narratives? Sometimes we want to believe something too much or we fear the loss of something dear to us. With all of the false narratives around us we need to think harder about who we're going to believe.
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/who-ya-gon...
genuinefauxfarm.substack.com/p/who-ya-gon...