Catherine Friend
Catherine Friend

What I Don’t Share I’ve just spent many hours this weekend reading through the blogs people mentioned as a result of my previous post (Pimp your blog.) I  tried to comment on each one (a few wouldn’t accept my comments, so I had to give up.) On many blogs, I clicked through to other blogs, […]

Pimp Your Blogs (Farm or otherwise)! I’ve decided it would be a good idea to step back and let my blog readers share their blogs and websites. List your blog in a comment. If you don’t have a blog, share your favorite blog—doesn’t have to be farm related. It could be fiber or life or […]

Life is back to normal… …but ‘normal’ has changed. The Farmer has fully recovered from her neck surgery. She’s getting physical therapy to tone up her neck, chest, back muscles, which went all weak during her recovery.For over a month now, she’s been back doing chores. But here’s where ‘normal’ has changed. Every winter for […]

The Inkslinger Rides Again. After a year of rest, my writing/book/life blog, The Inkslinger, is back. (What does this mean? I’m beginning to recover from a wicked two years.) While I’ll try to avoid cross-posting between this blog and the Inkslinger, I wanted to let everyone know. Here’s the first post, in its entirety: It’s […]

What the Fashionable Farmer is Wearing… If it’s 15 degrees or lower, one must start with wool camisole. Then leggings, leg warmers, and hand-knit wool socks. Two cotton shirts… Oversized insulated Carhartt overalls, battered Carhartt coat, ugly red hat with ear flaps, and a red scarf, in a sad attempt to accessorize…. Earth boots—warm, comfortable, […]