Making a Stand

By: Joe Hall

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Paperback | 11 March 2024

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56 Pages

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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 on Terry's Plain Road. ï»ï»ï»Joe is one of the most recent members of a family which has farmed land in the Simsbury region since the 18th century. He writes about his life and surroundings every day, always keeping a notepad with him and often stopping his tractor in midfield when a thought or memory occurs to him. Joe is deeply immersed in the natural surroundings of his riverside world. He feels a kinship with the nat¯ve Americans of the Tunxis nation, who worked the same land and whose artifacts Joe finds in abundance, creating a collection of them which is an archaeology treasure. He is the last in a long line of Halls who have worked the land in the Simsbury region since the 18th Century, a man for all seasons: a long-time farmer whose roadside stand is a trove of seasonal produce; 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.

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In Making a Stand, Joe Hall shares his life at the J. L. Hall Farm in Simsbury, CT. 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."

- Susan Masino, Professor of Applied Science, Trinity College

In Making a Stand, a lifelong farmer shares his cherished family and farm. 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.

- Tara Donohue Willerup. Vice Chair, Simsbury Free Library

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