For Halloween this year, Saoirse dressed as a flapper. Ula dressed up as a vampiress from Venice. I went as Frantic Mother. I’ve worn that costume for over a decade now. But this was the first year I actually realized I was clothed in it. It was early October when I finally started to figure […]
In the face of dwindling population, one tiny town fights back with.…puppets?!
Folks, I am devoting this week’s Tuesday Post to letting everyone know about a very special event that’s happening in my neck of the woods this coming weekend. It is part of a grassroots movement amongst neighbors to let the world know what our hamlet is all about. The West Fulton Puppet Festival is free and open to the […]
How I earned my pets’ respect
I thought I just needed to take care of the animals, like I take care of everything else. Then I learned the importance of sitting still. I am sitting in my office, the room lit only by firelight. Dusky, my Poodle-Yorkie-Mongrel, is sprawled across my lap. Ramona, my cat, mews her greeting and hops up […]
A Winter Rest
While the snow flies…and until it turns back into grass and flowers, I will be taking time off from the blog to travel, rest, play, and work on my newest book. The blog will be back mid-May. If you’d like to keep up with our winter happenings, you can follow me on Facebok (button’s on […]
Homespun Mom Comes Unraveled: Reading & Signing Tomorrow @ Noon, Washington Park, Albany
Friends; I will be doing a reading from my newest book, a collection of essays titled Homespun Mom Comes Unraveled, tomorrow at noon in the teaching tent at the Local Harvest Festival in Washington Park in Albany, NY. Officially, the book will not be released for sale until November 15. However, we will have a limited number […]
Whipped
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.
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 […]
A Moment to Celebrate
And so Easter was spent at our various family dinners as tradition and desires dictated. But then our dear friends Cornelia and Greg opened up the old church hall in our hamlet, a fixer-upper that they bought out of love a few years back that they’ve been slowly restoring. They put one of our lambs […]
MacAuslands Woolen Mill
Today’s journey was deeper into the Maritimes, to MacAuslands’ Woolen Mill, a fifth generation family-run mill that has been processing our fleeces for over twenty years. We use MacAuslands for the blankets that we sell (you can see them in the farm store), as it is the only mill on the Eastern Seaboard that will […]
More Found Treasure
This was sitting in my office when I came in this morning, one of Saoirse’s latest creations. This figure is Hera (yup. We’re still into the Greeks). Made with Sculpey Modeling Clay. Sometimes, I guess it pays to go to bed early and let them stay up late. Posted with Blogsy
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