Landscape Therapy
Sometimes, on busy days in busy weeks, when there’s too much to do and too much bad news, it’s soothing to just pull off the road and take a moment to look at the sky. Focus first on the large, cottony clouds as they...
Read MoreMonth: April 2010
Always Together
Posted by admin | Apr 29, 2010 | Birds and Beasts |
After spending five months together in the womb, the twins are accustomed to togetherness. They stand together, move in tandem, and are rarely more than a foot or two apart when they’re out in the big, wide world....
Read MoreThe Promises of Spring
Posted by admin | Apr 28, 2010 | Wild Things |
The wild strawberries are in full bloom in the pastures and forest fringes. I’m finding them in places I haven’t noticed them before. The patches I watch each year seem larger, and I’m hopeful that this year...
Read MoreMourning Morels
Posted by admin | Apr 27, 2010 | Good Eats Here |
Yesterday might have been my last morel hunt of the season — or more precisely, the last productive one. I found some, though all but two were so far past their prime that I left them out in the woods. In my youth, when...
Read MoreNew Faces on the Farm
Posted by admin | Apr 26, 2010 | Birds and Beasts |
The mamas here at the farm have been busily adding to the livestock numbers. Nona, a very shy ewe, presented us with twin lambs. She’s a first-time mother, but managed the birth and cleanup duties quite well. The...
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