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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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The ill wind that blew no good
.. was no good wind at all… Bad news should always be delivered fast I think. So here it is. Yesterday when I woke up I discovered that our Old Big Dog had died in the night. I won’t put you through a nostalgic slide show. He was a good dog. And an old…
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A dream
Do you remember I told you about that young man, (who actually found me on the woofer site – got in touch then disovered that I was only 8 miles from the acre plot that he intends to turn into a gently organically, sustainably grown vegetable garden). Did I tell you about him? He has…
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Glorious Failures
My boot on the ramp of the tractor, yarning about cows and pigs and hay. This is what I was missing. Yarning. The hay man was here, with his dad and his sons. All with an opinion about the state of the hay – each opinion was considered – chewed and nodded over. There was time.…
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A D-cision
Last night, as I took a quick shot of the sunset then raced back to the house to finish all the work in there that was piling up- I made a Decision. It is always important to look at your objectives and then re-evaluate and make a decision. So let’s do that. a) Have I achieved…
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Bites
Dentally Challenged. That’s me – after spending way too long in a dentist’s chair yesterday getting three permanent crowns in. Which did not stop me selling books though. Even the dentist is buying a copy of ‘Letters’ for his reception room now and his assistants are ordering them too. Luckily our Jess, the last of the Woofettes, completed her gardening…
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Shy kitten blowing kisses. Don’t be fooled though. Manouchki has been observed sleeping with dogs and also with pigs. She and Tima appear to have an arrangement whereby Tima lies really still and Manouchki lies on her back kneading all the knots out of those little pig shoulders. True. I am stalking them today to…
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