May Day!! — or May Eve at least…

The beginning of May is celebrated by various folk in various ways with different names.I grew up knowing it as "May Day" when the actual awakening of the earth was celebrated (in Michigan where I grew up, it had actually awakened visibly in many ways; here in Maine it is a bit more subtle), in …

Progress — in a Temporary and Unplanned Direction

We have been having fox problems. At least one duck and a rooster have "disappeared" despite Tractor Guy's routine of arising well before dawn to stand/sit guard duty. At least several more "meals" have been moved off site, as both her, and I on one occasion, have chased off the predator before it got a …

Slowly on toward Spring

It seems that autumn, for us, brings "car follies." Anything that might go wrong on our car or truck, does so. Pretty good timing, all told; better than the mid-winter (or, this year, STILL winter) Brake Job From Hell.And spring, it seems, is the season of tractor follies. Actually, the root of this came to …

The Garden Emerges!

Garden, February 6, 2014It is hard to believe how quickly the snow is departing, now that it has finally decided that spring has come. Until just recently, the garden looked pretty much like it did in this picture from early February... though the snow pack did build up a lot after that date. We had …

Hanging the Wash and Other Domestic Rituals

I have been thinking of late about the common threads in blog and Facebook posts among friends and acquaintances and those I follow.I have more than one friend who used to write extensively about her work and entrepreneurial adventures, but who have of late gone more silent or taken to writing almost entirely about recreational …

Halfway point

The "Year of Transition" is at the halfway mark, and I can feel the tide turning.Every fiber of my being has threads that pull it to stay on the farm. As I add to my new routines -- connecting more strongly to the natural cycles of sun and moon, of sun and storm -- it …