Lone Oak Olive Oil

01/31/2026

My daughter is 12 years old. She doesn't have many friends, and last year, the bullying at school got so bad I'd find her hiding in the bathroom during lunch. So she spends most of her time with me, watching me fill orders for my Tedooo app shop.

She's been quietly taking my yarn for weeks, working on something secret in her room. Last night she came out wearing this scarf she made completely by herself. "Mom," she said, "I want my own Tedooo app shop someday. For kids like me who create things instead of having friends."
I had to leave the room so she wouldn't see me cry. This child who eats lunch alone, who hasn't been invited to a birthday party in two years, found her salvation in loops of yarn and dreams of her own craft business.

This morning I found her practicing new stitches at 6 AM. "For my future customers," she explained. My beautiful, resilient girl turning her loneliness into art.

That scarf isn't just well-made for a 12-year-old - it's stunning, period. The tension is perfect, the color changes are seamless, and that fringe? Professional level. But more than that, it's proof that while other kids were busy excluding her, she was busy becoming extraordinary.
Please, if you see this, leave her some encouragement. She reads every comment on my Tedooo app posts, studying what customers like. Your words might be the first kindness she's heard from peers in months. Show her that the craft community celebrates the quiet, talented kids who create beauty while the world tries to dim their light.

Sometimes the best revenge against bullies isn't fighting back - it's becoming so talented they'll one day brag they knew you when.

01/17/2026

Love her style!

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12/18/2025

"On June 2, 2009, in the East Room where Abraham Lincoln's body lay in state and where seven presidents' daughters have been married, Barack Obama—the nation's first African American president and ideological opposite of everything Ronald Reagan's conservative revolution represented—gently escorted 87-year-old Nancy Reagan through the White House she'd called home from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989, his arm supporting hers with such tender reverence as he signed the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission Act honoring a president born February 6, 1911, creating a moment so achingly beautiful it transcended decades of partisan warfare and reminded America what we'd lost in our descent into political tribalism. This wasn't performative respect; Obama genuinely admired Reagan's communication gifts even while disagreeing with his policies, and Nancy—the fiercely protective former First Lady who'd navigated her husband's 1981 assassination attempt, his Alzheimer's diagnosis announced November 5, 1994, and his death on June 5, 2004—returned to the People's House not as a partisan warrior but as a woman who understood that presidential legacies belong to history, not party, and that honoring service matters more than scoring political points. The image of Obama's careful attention to Mrs. Reagan's every step, ensuring her comfort in a building filled with memories of her beloved Ronnie, while photographers captured their genuine warmth, feels like an artifact from another era—back when presidents could celebrate their predecessors without their base revolting, when Democrats could honor Republican legacies without being called traitors, when an elderly widow could accept an invitation from a president her husband would've opposed and everyone understood this was simply decency, not betrayal. Obama later said he'd learned from Reagan that 'you can disagree without being disagreeable,' and this June afternoon—with Nancy's grateful smile and Barack's protective presence—proved that despite everything dividing us, respect, grace, and basic human kindness can still bridge even the widest ideological chasms if we choose dignity over division. "

10/26/2025

Big thanks to

Toni Annette Hatch, Jodee Zoe Johnson

for all your support! Congrats for being top fans on a streak 🔥!

09/01/2025

We have launched an urgent fundraising campaign to complete C.A.R.E.4Paws' Pet Refuge, a free, confidential boarding facility for pets of families in crisis across Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. The refuge, aimed to open late fall, will provide emergency shelter for pets whose families are navigating escape from domestic violence, deportation or displacement due to fires and other disasters. Our refuge will be a lifeline for many pets and their people and we would love your support! For more details, including sponsor and naming opportunities and ways to donate, please visit care4paws.org/petrefuge/. ❤️ 🙏 ,

07/30/2025

Tsunami Alert!
West Coast States!

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04/22/2025

Get ready for upcoming Pet Wellness Clinics! Walk-in hours are 10am to 1pm for low-cost rabies and other vaccines, microchips, flea treatment, dewormer and nail trims for your dogs and cats. Find us at:

April 22, Lompoc's Half Century Club (341 North N. St) - Free microchips for Lompoc residents
April 23, Santa Maria Eagles (668 S. College Dr)
April 24, Lompoc’s Ryon Park (corner of Ocean and O St) - Free microchips for Lompoc residents
April 25, Santa Maria’s Pioneer Park (1150 W. Foster Rd)

All pets must be on leashes or in carriers. Affordable spays/neuters and medical care by prior appointment. More info: care4paws.org/clinicservices/

01/17/2025

With Kiler Ridge Olive Farm – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

12/14/2024

Farmers market should be clear in the Village after noon! Yay! Do come out and help support your local farmers!
Check weather at wunderground.com
Perfect weather site!!!

11/30/2024

The 2024 newly pressed Lone Oak Olive Oil will be at farmers market tomorrow, Saturday morning in San Luis Obispo, 8 to 10:45 a.m. And in the Village of Arroyo Grande from noon to 2:30 p.m.
This olive oil will make for a great gift for the holidays, or as a nice gift for your hostess! It tastes wonderful! We cannot wait for competition time!
Bottles are 500 ml, 250 ml, and 100 ml
See you there!
And, for preorders, they will be in the mail this week!



The first picture is of the Lone Oak who is now surrounded by hundreds of olive trees…then the milling process at at

11/15/2024

First of possibly three pickings.
It seems to be a good year (thank goodness, we needed one).
Great work done by this harvesting group, we are very appreciative.
Now onto the mill….
Please consider following our pages as we are a small farm.
And, the great mill who mills our oil, up on Kiler Ridge in Paso Robles.
As my husband says, a good product can be made or broken by a miller and , Bone Crusher Mill at Kiler Ridge in Paso Robles, California is the best!

09/21/2024

Taking Saturday off so Philip can race with his friends…
Go Whizbang!