Even Mother Nature deserves a good performance now and then.
When Society Meets Super-Girl
I woke in the middle of Sunday night under the oppressive heat of two sweaty and hot bodies piled on top of me. Mom and Dad are gone on vacation, so Bob is sleeping down at the farm all this week. Knowing I am quick to pass out in bed at the end of each […]
22 Saturdays
The rain was slapping down on the windshield with an uncharacteristically heavy splat as we pulled out of the farm driveway on the way to Saturday morning’s farmers’ market. The edges of each drop on the glass were beginning to gel and freeze, an ominous sign about the day ahead. Bob and I had left […]
The Good Life Can Be a Messy Life
I woke up this morning and came down to my office. I should have done yoga. I should have meditated. Instead, I fixed my attention on the woodstove. It’s late May, for Pete’s sake, I shouldn’t need a fire. But I couldn’t stop shivering. I stumbled through the dark outside until I had some kindling […]
Quiet Encouragement
The cat ate the heads off of two of the girls’ baby chicks, the computer completely crashed beyond repair, and three warning lights came on in the car. And then, stopping by the mailbox, I get this. And, that’s about all I need to say, “Heck with it. This is a great day.” I’ll keep […]
The Good Life Can be a Messy Life
The Good Life Can be a Messy Life May 21, 2013 Tags: radical homemaking, family farming I woke up this morning and came down to my office. I should have done yoga. I should have meditated. Instead, I fixed my attention on the woodstove. It’s late May, for Pete’s sake, I shouldn’t need a fire. […]
Anything for a cocktail?!
May 20, 2013 Yes, we have bees to pollinate our fruit trees. But while we generally avoid alcohol during the week, we have a ritual of drinking a martini on Saturday evenings after the farmers’ market. Yet drinking and parenting don’t always mix. So Bob took the girls outside, showed them how to pollinate with […]
Which God do I Choose?
Which God do I Choose? May 14, 2013 If asked, I’d have to say that my spiritual education began somewhere down by the creek bed on the farm, where as a child I pondered the flow of water as I filled my palms to drink, or the miracle of the wild raspberries that hung over […]
One Chicken, Three Meals
A single whole chicken, used correctly, will generate several meals By Shannon Hayes Pardon the pun, but the one cut of meat I am most likely to see a new customer “bawk” at is a whole chicken. Our price for whole birds last year was over $6/lb, 35% less than a pound of grassfed ground beef. […]
Farm Bill 101
Farm Bill 101 April 23, 2013 Tags: sustainable agriculture, family farming I was invited recently to sit in on animal science class at a college about 10 miles away from my house that has a strong agriculture program. This week, the class was discussing the farm bill, and the students were supposed to be exploring […]
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