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...
Friday, March 5, 2021

Goodbye to a Great Goat (The End of an Era)

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      Iris gives the girls an early sex ed lesson, farm style My first goat was Iris, a beautiful Nubian about a year and a half old, a firs...
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Saturday, January 2, 2021

Still Here (Midwinter)

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Soon, I promise - promise myself - I will sit down and write a long update. Two months have passed since my last post, and so much has happ...
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Monday, October 12, 2020

Samhain Season Altar

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I’ve neglected my altar for many moons. Not for any particular reason - life just rushes in and gets in the way. Like everyone else’s, our ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Gourd Or Gargoyle?

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Every year, somewhere on the property, there will grow a volunteer squash plant. Usually the compost pile, of course. This year, one grew u...
Saturday, September 26, 2020

It’s Pear Time!

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We had a bit of a windstorm a couple days ago, and as usual, it knocked a bunch of pears off the trees. Went out and collected some today -...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Preserving Log (Late Summer 2020)

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I’ve been on an absolute tear in the kitchen the last two weeks. Late August/early September is the middle harvest season (Mabon is coming r...
Saturday, August 29, 2020

Memorial Painting

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My memorial painting of Paloma with her sweet, deceased pet baby goat Stormy. I’m not a good painter by any means - in fact at some point d...
Saturday, August 22, 2020

Hope Springs Eternal (More Babies)

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  Just a few days ago, we lost six baby chicks to drowning in the water trough. It was a tough reminder that babies need a special environme...
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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Friday, August 7, 2020

Miracle Milk (Goats are Great)

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A neighbor of mine, S., recently had her first grandchild. Her daughter gave birth to a beautiful little boy. Although everything seemed fin...
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Sunday, August 2, 2020

The Horns of the Dilemma (to Disbud or Not to Disbud)

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Seven A.M. on a Saturday. We are all peacefully asleep, dreaming the dreams of the innocent. There is no alarm clock set; we will wake when ...
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Sunday, July 19, 2020

High Cheese Season 2020 (Making Do)

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            A middle stage in the making of cheddar  In last week’s post on preserving, I forgot to include cheese. Cheese is kind of the wh...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Preserving Log (Early Summer Edition)

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I’ve fallen behind on my blogging, I’m afraid. Since the stay-at-home order was lifted early last month, I’ve been busier than a one-armed ...
Friday, June 5, 2020

Just Cute Goat Pictures

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Paloma and Flopsy’s baby boy. I can’t decide who is cuter.  My goat-totin’ man, totin’ Bitsy and Bootsy, Christmas’ two doelings.  Hope bei...