Nature Journal
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The Joy and Grief of Raising Baby Goats
This popped up on my Facebook memories yesterday. These two surprise baby goats arrived a couple months before my son’s birth. It was such a happy thing. Their mama, Hattie, had a terrible time during her first kidding so to have this one be so smooth and light was a relief and a blessing. Sadly… Continue reading
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Iced Lattes, Classic Tales, & Falling in Love Where You Live
Around this time of year, a copy of a Tolkien or an L.M. Montgomery classic will do. I sit on an old white garden chair, drinking some iced coffee or tea latte, marvel at the breeze, read the good stories, and listen to my children happily play. It feels like cheating some days. And by… Continue reading
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April Snow Showers on Wildflowers
Last week it finally and truly snowed here in the Foothills. And I was thrilled. Earlier this year we were supposed to experience a big winter storm. We were supposed to get snow and I was expecting a power outage and everything. I kept watching and waiting for the snow. Looking out the window over and over again to… Continue reading
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Laughing in the Cold
March blusters in with buttercups below winter-bare trees. And perhaps, we don’t much admire this month which is neither warm nor cold, beautiful or ugly, simply because it unravels much like the way our heart feels most the time. We are both winter and spring, joyful and grieving, growing old and becoming young again. A… Continue reading
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