Two days of the on-farm open house plus three markets in two days over the weekend. We are whipped, and I want some sleep time. I will be back with regularly scheduled posts next week.
Archives for May 2014
Visiting Neighbors
When I need to think, I often head out to the abandoned cemeteries around here and chat with the original homesteaders of these lands. These neighbors are good listeners, they get where I am coming from, and they almost always send me on my way with a deeper sense of peace. This week, Saoirse and […]
Nick and the Porcupine
The first summer we lived here, Bob awoke one night to a chewing sound he heard outside. He went out to investigate. As he shined his light on the door of our shed, a porcupine unabashedly turned and looked at him before returning to his treated lumber supper. Bob tried to yell at him to […]
Ramps
Reading Accomplishments
Ula was setting out knives and forks for lunch when I took the phone call from the graduate student. Time zone differences had required that we schedule this midday hour to speak, thus I had no choice but to drain the juices off the meatloaf and make gravy while we were on the phone. She […]
Waiting For Lunch
The Path of the Sun
The snow still lay thick on the ground outside the window one March morning a few weeks ago as Saoirse struggled over her math lesson. Customarily quick to pick up on each progressive step in the syllabus, on that particular morning, her brain had a mental block on decimals. The muscles on her face were […]