by Andi | Feb 3, 2016 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
I’m watching our goat Elvira waddle through the pasture this morning. Her belly shifts right and left, carried forward by sticks of legs. She is beautiful but anything but graceful. I feel quite a bit like Elvira this morning – waddling into the day on... by Andi | Dec 23, 2015 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
It’s pouring buckets on the farm today, and right now Mosey and Meander are settled on the couch by me . . . a blanket draped over them. Philip is still asleep, and I have already answered all the emails that must be tended. It’s a perfect, quiet, restful... by Andi | Dec 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you’ve followed this blog for very long, then you know that grief is a subject I wander back to again and again since my mother died 5 years ago, so when Alise Chaffins released her new book Embracing Grief, I knew I had to read it. . . and it was so helpful,... by Andi | Oct 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
My friend Loretta died yesterday after a tough battle with breast cancer. She was 38 and had a 1 year old son, a 4 year old daughter, and a husband who adored her. I could tell you about how we met in grad school, about how she made me laugh, about how her strength... by Andi | Jul 28, 2015 | Uncategorized, Written and Wrought
Yesterday, I had a migraine, and by the time I finished all my work at 5:30, I was so tired I could do nothing but lay on the couch, watch Family Feud, and sleep during the commercials. Today, I woke with a pain between my shoulder blades and my SI joints completely...