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🌾 The 100 Mile Life Guide

A Journey of Faith, Simplicity, and Local Living

💛 What if everything you needed was already within 100 miles of home?

The 100 Mile Life Guide is more than a book — it’s an invitation.
An invitation to slow down, live gratefully, and rediscover abundance right where your feet touch the ground.

This heartfelt, faith-centered guide weaves together stories, reflections, and practical steps for living close to home. It covers sourcing local food and fiber. It also includes finding Sabbath rhythms and crafting with the land. Additionally, it focuses on nurturing a gentle, grateful spirit.

🌿 Inside You’ll Find:

✨ My Why: A 100 Mile Life – The story that started it all
🏡 Heart and Home – How GrandmaCore values bring warmth and wisdom back into daily life
🧺 The 100 Mile Closet – Building a wardrobe of place and purpose
🍲 The 100 Mile Kitchen & Craft Table – Cooking, creating, and connecting with your local circle
🌤️ Rhythms of Rest – Practicing Sabbath and sacred slow living
🤝 Living Generously Within Our Circle – Giving, sharing, and trading the way our grandmothers did
🍎 Appendix of Recipes – Simple, wholesome dishes to fill your home with the scent of gratitude:
• Harvest Soup
• Hearty Breakfast Bowl
• Vegetable Bean Casserole
• Simple Country Bread
• Tea Biscuits
• Harvest Apple Crisp

🌸 Who This Book Is For:

This guide is for the homemaker, the crafter, the faithful soul seeking peace in the ordinary.
It’s for those who want to live simply. They shop locally and nurture community. They do this without losing heart in a hurried world.

If you’ve ever longed for a slower, more meaningful way to live — this book was written for you.

🙏 Why It Matters:

In a time when everything feels uncertain, life can feel distant. The 100 Mile Life reminds us that we are surrounded by God’s provision. It is in the fields, the farms, and the friendships nearby.
When we live gently within our means and miles, we find joy again in the little things. These include a home-cooked meal, a hand-knit shawl, and a shared harvest table.

🕊️ What Readers Are Saying:

“This book feels like a warm cup of tea with a wise friend.”
“Every page reminded me that living simply is living richly.”
“It helped me rediscover peace right in my own kitchen.”

🌼 Get Your Copy Today

Bring calm, faith, and connection back into your home.
The 100 Mile Life Guide will inspire you to live slower. It encourages you to live deeper. Appreciate the place you call home with gratitude.

👉 [Download the eBook Now]
Available in PDF and printable A5 format.

Thank you for your support of my work.

💛 From Grannie Doll

“Keep your kettle warm, your hands busy, and your heart steady in grace.
May your days be simple, your circle be kind, and your spirit rest in the goodness that’s all around you.”

With wool, wonder, and gratitude,
💛 Grannie Doll

🌿 Gentle Beginnings

As September begins, I’ve started a 30-Day 100 Mile Life Challenge. I’d love for you to journey alongside me. This first week focuses on small, intentional steps. These steps ground us in place. They remind us why living locally and simply matters.

🌸 Day 1: My Why

Every meaningful journey begins with purpose. On Day 1, I wrote down my “Why.” Why does living within 100 miles matter to me? For me, it’s about slowing down, supporting local farmers, and discovering joy in simplicity.

👉 Reflection prompt: What would your “Why” be?

🌸 Day 2: Draw Your 100-Mile Map

With a simple circle on a map, I can see the farms, markets, and small businesses close to home. This circle isn’t a limit — it’s an invitation to rediscover my own community.

🌸 Day 3: Three Local Foods

I listed three foods I already buy locally — honey, meats, and vegetables. Naming what’s already part of my life reminded me I’m not starting from zero; I’m building on a foundation.

🌸 Day 4: One Small Swap

Today I swapped out a non-local item for something grown closer to home. I swapped out apples from South Africa for local apples. Small changes like this, meal by meal, item by item, create a ripple effect in how we eat and live.

🌸 Day 5: A Visit to the Farmer’s Stand

There’s nothing like the color and smell of fresh produce at a local stand. Shopping face-to-face with growers brings me into relationship with the people who nourish my community.

🌿 Reflections So Far

This week has been about awareness and gentle beginnings. By naming my why, drawing my circle, and making a few small swaps, I already feel more connected. It’s not about perfection, but about noticing and choosing differently, one day at a time.

💡 Cozy GrandmaCore reminder: Keep it simple. A loaf of bread, a pot of soup, and a kind word go a long way.

✨ Join Me

If you’re tracking along, I’d love to hear what you’ve discovered in your first week. Share your reflections in the comments — or even better, share your 100-mile finds with a photo.

“With love & stitches,
Grannie Doll 🌿🧶”

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