January 8, 2013 kitchen The First Duck Egg ... Becomes Pasta Isn't it beautiful? We got the first duck egg of the season yesterday. It's very very small and incredibly beautiful. So of course I...
January 7, 2013 goats Confessions of a Secret Goat Butcherer It began casually enough... I knew someone who knew someone. Did I have the goods? Did they have the cash? “Burner” cell phone numbers were ...
January 6, 2013 farm life Hope Springs This morning I notice a little hope springing up from what's left of our snow.... This is the wheat that I planted down in the the old h...
January 3, 2013 kitchen The Best Gift. EVER. It is THE greatest Christmas gift I have ever received, or will ever receive.... and it's not even a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in ...
January 2, 2013 dogs farm life goats A Load of Straw Buys a Heap of Peace of Mind At this writing its about 3* out there. It doesn't look like it will get much about 20* today and since we'll have this cold until n...
January 1, 2013 goats Happy New Year! Did everyone have a happy new year? We have a pork roast and kraut in the oven, brought a load of straw home and got it stacked in the gara...
December 31, 2012 The Horn of Battle - Part Three Warm familiar smells. A soft bed. Somewhere nearby she heard her father's deep voice. She was dreaming about the last time she heard his...
December 29, 2012 kitchen Candy Cane Biscotti Did you get suckered into the 10 for $10 boxes of candy cane sale at the store? Yeah me too. OK so what are you gonna do with all those cand...
December 28, 2012 kitchen Savory Bread Pudding My most hilarious friend calls our Winter Weather Advisories "FTE's." You know, everyone runs out to the store to buy milk, e...
December 27, 2012 farm life All The Snow This is all the snow we got yesterday - can you believe it? That was it. A dusting. So much for the blizzard. Thanks for everyone's birt...