Happy Saturday! Raise your hand if you’re seeing pumpkins at every market you go to this season!? 🎃 A farmers market is actually where my Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies started. I tried a cookie at the Proctor Farmers Market in Tacoma, WA and loved that combination enough to want to make my own. Pumpkin, warm spices, chocolate chips… and that soft, almost cake-like texture. That became the recipe I shared on JavaCupcake. So with pumpkins showing up everywhere again, I wanted to bring those...
16 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Saturday! If you're wondering what to make for breakfast this weekend, I've got you! 🍎 My Apple Pie Pancakes have been a fall favorite on JavaCupcake since I first shared them back in 2022, and there's a good reason readers keep coming back to this recipe. They're soft, fluffy, full of cinnamon and warm apple flavor, and taste like a little slice of apple pie for breakfast. Here's what makes them so good: Applesauce goes right into the pancake batter! It adds moisture and apple flavor...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, Quick note to say: if you’re anywhere near Haymarket, VA this Saturday, something quietly good is happening. The Holiday Bazaar + tree lighting is one of those small-town afternoons where streets close, music drifts, kids zigzag between booths, and time slows down just enough to notice it. If you’ve ever lived overseas — especially in Europe — you might recognize the feeling. Holiday markets had a way of doing that. This feels like our version. I’ll be there with Weld + Wire...
11 months ago • 1 min read
September 5, 2025 Friends, I’ve been sitting with this thought, and I finally wrote it down. What if suicide prevention wasn’t measured in funerals? What if, instead of repeating 22 veterans die a day, we actually knew how many survived? What if every hospitalization, every 988 call, every rope or pill a caregiver hid was counted as the prevention it really was? My veteran has survived nine suicide-related hospitalizations since 2014. Each one was a save. But none of them exist in America’s...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hi again, Well, I forgot the most important part of that last email—the link! If you were looking for more info about Sunday’s Adoption Day & Snuggle Bunny Sunday at Rock Island Farm, here it is: 👉 rockislandfarm.org/event/adoption-day-snuggle-bunny-sunday-june-8-2025 We’ll be here from 10AM–3PM with bunny snuggles, a fishing pond, and a calm place to just be. Thank you for your grace (and for caring enough to click twice). Warmly, Betsy Betsy Eves Group3172 Rock Island Road, Scottsville, VA...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Sometimes the most restorative thing we can do is nothing at all—on purpose. Hi Reader, This Sunday, June 8 from 10AM to 3PM, Rock Island Farm is open for bunny snuggles—and you’re invited. Just a moment to slow down and feel something soft, still, and real. On Sunday, you’ll find: 🐰 Adoptable Holland Lop rabbits – kits, gentle adult does, and a few scrappy bucks 🎣 Fishing by the pond – bring your own pole or use one of ours 🐓 Chickens and bunnies to visit and hold 🪑 Shaded spots to sit or...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Sometimes the most restorative thing we can do is nothing at all—on purpose. Hi Reader, This Sunday, June 8 from 10AM to 3PM, Rock Island Farm is open for bunny snuggles—and you’re invited. Just a moment to slow down and feel something soft, still, and real. On Sunday, you’ll find: 🐰 Adoptable Holland Lop rabbits – kits, gentle adult does, and a few scrappy bucks 🎣 Fishing by the pond – bring your own pole or use one of ours 🐓 Chickens and bunnies to visit and hold 🪑 Shaded spots to sit or...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader, First, thank you. The past month has been hard in ways we’re still finding the words for—but your support has kept us going. Dave remains in treatment at the Richmond VA, and while we don’t have all the answers, we’re doing our best to move forward one grounded step at a time. And this June, that next step includes joy. Bunnies. Community. And a farm that still believes healing can start small. Here are three ways you can be part of what’s next: 🐇 1. Come Snuggle or Adopt at the...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
Hi friends, Tomorrow is the big day! We’re so excited to welcome you to Rock Island Farm’s Adoption Day — happening Saturday, May 3 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Whether you’ve already RSVPd to adopt a bunny or you’re still on the fence — you are so welcome here. This event isn’t just for adopters. It’s for anyone who wants to spend time with animals, enjoy the outdoors, and support a local family farm doing our best to move forward with love and purpose. 📍 Location:3172 Rock Island Road,...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read