The Recall: Or Why I’m Glad I Know My Meat
My first response to the news about this week’s gigantic beef recall was to read the stories and skip the videos offered on the internet. I feel pretty ambivalent...
Read MoreGiving Thanks
The most pervasive feeling that characterizes my life here on this pretty little farm is Thankfulness. And then there are mornings like today when it’s 14 degrees...
Read MoreValuing Spark
Back when I lived in Chicago and was peripherally involved in the indie-folk music scene, I chanced to be in a band with a fabulous Rastafarian bassist named Spark. He...
Read MoreUnder-Valuing Our Animals and Ourselves
Several days after the artificial insemination adventure, I was filing the receipt from our swine semen supplier and noticed that the box and its fragile contents had...
Read MoreBetter to Be Lucky Than Good
“Better to be lucky than good.” Shannon picked up this salty proverb from a foreman during his days as laborer on a carpentry crew. It’s one we pulled...
Read MoreDragons in the Sky
Tonight we’re experiencing another torrential rain with winds that sound like a hurricane. I should be feeling sympathy for my animals, but instead I’m...
Read MoreWho We Are
