by Andi | Aug 3, 2014 | animals, Garden, Music
For a minimal expenditure and an hour or so of effort night and morning, the farm gained a steady, dependable income. All this conformed to the ideal of my grandfather’s generation of farmers, which was to ‘sell something every week’ — a maxim... by Andi | Jul 21, 2014 | animals, Garden, Music
Just a little of the abundance thriving in this place today: Yesterday, 12 writers drove away and left the blessing of their presence here. I can still feel it, even through my fatigue. (You can read more about the Writer’s Retreat here.) This morning, I... by Andi | Jul 13, 2014 | animals, Buildings, Great Pyrenees, Meander
This morning, a breeze that promises rain confirmed by upturned leaves is shooing away the humidity like beauty itself. From where I sit, I can see a hummingbird sitting on our clothesline, taking a gander at her land. I’m on our back porch, and I find myself... by Andi | Jul 10, 2014 | animals, Buildings, Great Pyrenees, Meander, Uncategorized
Sometimes I want to downplay what we’re doing here on the farm as “lesser,” to diminish our dreams and hard work because we aren’t moving hundreds of free range animals to new pasture each day or because we aren’t planting crops and... by Andi | Jul 6, 2014 | animals
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief… For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free. – Wendell Berry I have a few heroes in this world – Anne Lamott, my dad, Wendell Berry, and Jenna...