Description: Jan Corey Arnett is an award winning writer, author and freelance columnist based in mid-Michigan.
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As a girl growing up on a farm in rural Menominee County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, each time I set foot in our little county library I was mesmerized by the sight of books and made it my goal to one day have a book I had written, take its place on those very shelves. That goal has been achieved in a variety of ways – as the author of my own work, ghost writer for others, and editor for still more; as columnist, speechwriter, and reporter. It has always been a guiding value, that whatever I wrote, would
Today, my energies are focused on “all things barn”—a feature for Michigan Farmer and American Agriculturist called “Barn Spotlight” and occasional features for select publications. Fellow barn lovers and I devote considerable time and attention to the Barn Believers Community Project Fund which helps nonprofit organizations carry out projects to save valuable traditional timber-frame barns and their history.
There comes a time when you look back at the “stuff” you have accumulated over a lifetime and get in touch with its significance – the awards, the letters, the photos, the miscellaneous odds and ends that are reminders of how you have spent – or invested – your life. I am mindful of these words.