by Andi | Jul 4, 2014 | animals
I am not exactly what anyone would call patriotic. I’m grateful for the privileges I have as an American, and much of American culture – especially the folksy parts – I adore. But the flag-waving, America above all stuff . . . yeah, that’s... by Andi | Jun 26, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Meander
I saw them the other day, and it was like I had new eyes – fields and fields of wildflowers, growing just beside the roads I drive all the time. Queen Anne’s Lace and Black Eyed Susans. Cornflowers sprouting from gravel and dancing in the whish of... by Andi | Jun 22, 2014 | animals, chickens, Garden, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas, Workshop
And I taste in my natural appetite the bond of live things everywhere. – from “cutting greens” by Lucille Clifton I don’t know what this place feels like to you. . . but for me, this place – where things seem to be coming together just as... by Andi | Jun 19, 2014 | animals, Workshop
She wants the beautiful thing. She wants to eat. – from “The Grackle on the Lawn” by Eloise Klein Healy I open the little coop door with the ramp first. . . . “Morning, birdies. Morning.” Then, I swing wide the large door and walk... by Andi | Jun 8, 2014 | animals, chickens, Goats, Great Pyrenees, guineas
As we crested the hill, I saw them – the tumbling layers of the Blue Ridge – smoky indigo against the pink sky of the setting sun. Home. We had spent the day with good friends at a barbecue and then at the Relay For Life, where my dad had formed a team to...