Editor’s Note: It’s spring! Let’s celebrate

MY FIRST COTTAGE Life Show was in 1999, its fifth iteration. The show was a grand success out of the gate, and we intended to keep it that way. For weeks leading up to the event, the whole Cottage Life team—those who made the magazine, the original CLTV series, and the folks who worked as support staff—went flat out to pull off the action-packed, three-day event, which had already become the biggest of its kind in the country. At the time, I was working as the receptionist, so I remember those days involving constant deliveries, 24/7 faxes, and many fights with the rickety office postage machine, which was working harder than anyone. These were important tasks, but I was the office junior, never in the heart of the action. Even…

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Cottage Life (Digital) - 1 Issue, March/April 2025

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