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Each year, around September, I start to think seriously about my personal Christmas gifts for family members and close friends, and every year it is a challenge to create something new, something different, something meaningful from my own world. I spend most of my free time at my farm in Bedford, gardening, cooking, raising small livestock, and conjuring many of the creative ideas that become articles, books, and products for
Martha Stewart Living. As these free moments become scarcer (Alexis s new babies now take up lots of time), I find that the gifts have become simpler but no less evocative I hope of nature and the goodness of the homemade and the handmade.