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I am Cecilia. A New Zealander who farms in Illinois.
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Old Posts Never Lie
Not blog posts you understand. Though it is true that my blog posts do never lie. Fence posts! Scroll past the wheat and the asparagus! Fence Post Failure I just realized yesterday that FreeBee and Jude have been using this post ( below and in the header) as a scratching post. While watching Free Bee…
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“A Week of no Lights in Your Home?”
Are you looking to save on electricity bills, collect a carbon co-pay or simply want to experience a different ambiance at home? Living without lights can be an intriguing challenge. I am into my Fifth Day of the self imposed light ban in the house. I am doing it because I simply love to challenge…
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The Case Against Lists
WaiWai was able to open the feed store door yesterday and politely stood with his head inside the door waiting for me to stop mucking about with hoses and “get on with feeding time already!” He has an enormous capacity for waiting. He doesn’t lie down to wait like all the other pigs. He waits…
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Playing Snakes and Ladders: the real kind.
I don’t want to scare any of the people who are scared of snakes. So below is a nice benign image to begin. Though – The Fellowship is a pretty tough bunch after all these years. Quacker came shrieking over for some dinner yesterday evening. Still no sign of chicks. And it was while she…
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Learning that Spans a Lifetime
One of the greatest flaws in humankind is the inability to concede that there will be no resolution. That we might not bring all our plans to fruition. That we are not actually in charge. We know this intellectually. But we don’t want to know this. We prefer not to acknowledge that at any moment…
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Empty Nest Syndrome
Yes. The little bird has flown or rather the little birds have flown. Plural. Yesterday afternoon they were gone from their bread basket nest. I was sure that one kept flying close to my head as I worked in the evening. I fancied that it might have been Jonathan Livingston Swallow who I put back…
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