It was the hardest lesson I had to learn as a writer. If people who never met me liked something I wrote, they somehow got it in their heads that I was….well…likable and admirable. But every person has different qualities that they find likable and admirable. And I couldn’t possibly have all those qualities. So when […]
Archives for January 2024
Worth It.
Every year I forget. I think, when the cafe closes, life will slow down. I’ll have time to work on my novel. I’ll have time to work on the interview transcripts I have of Mom and Dad talking about how and why we’ve done things on the farm. I’ll have time to rest. I’ll have […]
How the Sausage Gets Made
No. This is not pornography. This is artificial insemination. Winter is a time of intimacies….and not just for humans. This week we separated the rams from the ewes, their breeding cycle complete. And we’ve been monitoring the pigs for when they come into heat so that we can artificially inseminate them. In January, my […]