Farming as an Encore Career? I was interviewed yesterday by a delightful journalist named Betsy Levine. She writes for the AARP Bulletin, the info-packed newspaper sent to its gadzillion members. She asked lots of great questions, but the one that slowed me down was this: Many people in their 50s are retiring from their primary […]
Lights, Camera, Action I decided my faithful Farm Tales readers should get first peek at my Sheepish video. My friend Pattie from Zoom ‘n Dog Productions brilliantly rose to the challenge of making me look good and sound reasonably okay. Putting an introvert in front of a camera is always risky. Here we go…. (and […]
Helping out a Chicken Our hens are aging. Many of them no longer even lay eggs. When we find the time, we’re going to have to turn them into stewing hens and order new chicks. But until then, we take care of them… When Melissa was recovering from surgery, there was a sickly hen who […]
Giving Away Books on Other Blog Sigh. Not sure how I’ve ended up with two blogs, one farm-related, the other-everything-else-related, but here I am. On my Inkslinger blog I’m giving away 3 books on writing for young adults, so if you’re interested, head here: http://theinkslingerwrites.blogspot.comI think I should do the same thing with my farming […]
What I Don’t Share I’ve just spent many hours this weekend reading through the blogs people mentioned as a result of my previous post (Pimp your blog.) I tried to comment on each one (a few wouldn’t accept my comments, so I had to give up.) On many blogs, I clicked through to other blogs, […]
Pimp Your Blogs (Farm or otherwise)! I’ve decided it would be a good idea to step back and let my blog readers share their blogs and websites. List your blog in a comment. If you don’t have a blog, share your favorite blog—doesn’t have to be farm related. It could be fiber or life or […]
Life is back to normal… …but ‘normal’ has changed. The Farmer has fully recovered from her neck surgery. She’s getting physical therapy to tone up her neck, chest, back muscles, which went all weak during her recovery.For over a month now, she’s been back doing chores. But here’s where ‘normal’ has changed. Every winter for […]
The Inkslinger Rides Again. After a year of rest, my writing/book/life blog, The Inkslinger, is back. (What does this mean? I’m beginning to recover from a wicked two years.) While I’ll try to avoid cross-posting between this blog and the Inkslinger, I wanted to let everyone know. Here’s the first post, in its entirety: It’s […]
What the Fashionable Farmer is Wearing… If it’s 15 degrees or lower, one must start with wool camisole. Then leggings, leg warmers, and hand-knit wool socks. Two cotton shirts… Oversized insulated Carhartt overalls, battered Carhartt coat, ugly red hat with ear flaps, and a red scarf, in a sad attempt to accessorize…. Earth boots—warm, comfortable, […]
I Kissed a Llama and I Liked It… Well, okay, I didn’t actually kiss Zipper. But he was close enough I could have, unusual because our llamas aren’t cuddly. They don’t like being touched anywhere, and certainly not a kiss on the face.Zipper makes feeding a challenge. It’s like having to separate five-year-olds so they […]