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Jessie Knadler met husband Jake in Montana, on assignment for a magazine. She left NYC to settle with him in rural Virginia. Lizzy Sullivan

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Jessie Knadler was happy to trade subway rides for horseback rides — and a cowboy to share the journey. (She usually wears jeans on the farm.) Lizzy Sullivan

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Jake and Jessie married on their own property. David Knadler

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Jessie Knadler moved from a shoebox apartment in New York to 8 acres of land in Virginia, complete with husband Jake, chickens, tractors and horses. Lizzy Sullivan

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Jessie Knadler with one of her chickens. Lizzy Sullivan

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Jessie Knadler, author of the book “Rurally Screwed” Lizzy Sullivan

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