Showing posts with label disaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label disaster. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Smoke and Drought

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In a typical year, the fall rains begin sometime in September. School starts, and it starts to rain within a couple of weeks. We quite ofte...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

The End, I Think

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I’m done. Lost TWO more baby goats today, presumably to coyotes. I came home from work and Clio’s twins are gone. They were born just a week...
Friday, May 7, 2021

Animals Behaving Badly (Escapes and Attacks)

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We had an exciting morning around here. It started off nicely enough; I was sitting at the kitchen table around nine am having coffee with m...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Notes from the Year of the Pandemic (Spring Equinox, 2021)

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  So far, spring this year is cold. There was a week of warm sun sometime in early March - there usually is - that tempted me to start shove...
Saturday, August 15, 2020

Death and Disaster (Bad Farmer, Good Grief?)

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A few days ago, Paloma told me something seemed to be wrong with Stormy, her extra-special pet baby goat, the surprise baby that Flopsy popp...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

DQ8 - Alone With the Chores

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Since my last post, the governor has increased restrictions, banning all gatherings, public and private, including even weddings and funeral...
Sunday, March 22, 2020

DQ6 - Visit From Rowan

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Our oldest daughter Rowan came by today. She’s been in isolation for ten days already, because she had a cough and a sore throat. No fever t...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

State of the Farm: Pandemic Edition

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The girls amuse themselves at home with Henna freckles  DQ2 - day two of “quarantine.” We aren’t officially quarantined, of course, and not ...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Oaxaca Trip (Bad Timing)

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It's been three full years since we returned from our year in Oaxaca (for more about that trip, see my sister blog, www.newtomexican...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Sad Day (Breeding Gone Awry)

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A likely looking buckling: Storm Cloud To keep a buck or not to keep a buck is one of the major questions I struggle with. There are a...
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

It Never Rains But it Pours (When is Enough Enough?)

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We've had a streak of bad luck lately. An expensive streak. In the past two weeks: - I broke a tooth. A particularly exciting trade ...
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