Whew, We Made It Again In one of our shortest lambing seasons ever, all but five ewes have given birth in just two weeks. So other than these few stragglers, we’re done! As usual, I’m delighted, and Melissa’s face grows longer and longer as reality sets in. She loves finding new baby lambs on the […]
A Farm Play in One Act Setting: Small barn on Rising Moon FarmCharacters: Lamb, Calf Lamb: “What are you in for?” Calf: “I think it’s for being too cute. I keep hearing them say, “You are just too cute.” Lamb: “Bummer. So, how do we get outta this joint?” Calf: “We have to stop being […]
What? This morning after we finished feeding the calves, I went inside to start cleaning the house, and Melissa did a few more chores. Thirty minutes later she came inside, beaming. “Guess what?” she asked. “No! It’s too early! I haven’t cleaned the house or bought groceries or anything.” And we hadn’t moved the sheep […]
Cavorting Calves We’ve had the calves about 2 1/2 weeks now. Each has gotten sick, and Melissa has nursed each one back to health. We’ve trained three of the four to drink from a bucket. This involves letting the calf suck on your fingers, then immersing your hand in the milk and trying to keep […]
Welcome to a Party! Last night (April 30) Common Good Books of St. Paul (MN) hosted the book release party for my latest book (The Compassionate Carnivore, Or How to Keep Animals Happy, Save Old MacDonald’s Farm, Reduce Your Hoofprint and Still Eat Meat.) It was scary and fun at the same time. The party […]