by Andi | May 17, 2015 | Buildings, chickens, Garden, God's Whisper
From where I sit on the couch, I can see the back of the voting house by the road. The building was constructed sometime in the late 19th or early 20th century as the polling place for white people in the town of Radiant. When I tell other folks about this... by Andi | Apr 26, 2015 | animals, Barn, Garden, God's Whisper
Last night, we got one of those soaking rains that have – despite that it seems impossible – made the grass even greener today. The garden has grown inches over night, it seems, and the pasture streams that mostly hide themselves have made a fresh... by Andi | Mar 1, 2015 | Garden, God's Whisper
I can picture her there – a sweater, a pair of worn-up jeans, soil all over her long fingers. Her shoulders are sloped over the garden benches as she drops hundreds of individual tomato seeds into seedling flats. She sings while she works. Two springs before... 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 30, 2014 | Garden
Last night, as I was walking in from shutting up the chickens for the night, they glowed. Almost as if moonlight was dancing on their petals, except there was no moon. These salmon-pink impatiens were lighting up the night for me. It was a welcome blessing after...