Tag: featured
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It Was Not Me, said Tima
It was not me. This is not my MO, said Tima. Miss C, if that had been me, I would have dragged the whole bag out. I would never have made one little hole and a big mess like that! I think it was a mouse, she said. You know the mouse I mean, she…
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Bright White Waxing Gibbous
I had trouble coming inside last night. The moon, though only at half strength, was washing the land in silver. And it was the perfect temperature for a walk. It was dusk when we started off but soon the fake lights were shining on the horizon, competing with the stars. We finished by walking back…
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Lowering the Light
The season is slowly lowering her light. Casting her shadows longer and further. Autumnal shades of gold are creeping in around the edges: Today I start editing the text for this week’s podcast on SubStack. Podcast on Sunday. Farm Sounds on Wednesday. So the words here will be fewer today as this week’s story is…
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Green Waters
I got some pond weed and put it in one of the white chickens water bowls to see if they might eat the weed as extra nutrition. Every experiment needs a control. And the chickens preferred the control. The green water was roundly rejected. the clean water was drunk up. The white chickens preferred the…
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The Best Present Ever
I have given up on trying to buy presents for the farm-hand husband. Nothing is ever right. Year after year my presents lie unused on the table, sometimes for months until I put them away myself. Total waste of money and effort. For a few years I gave him cash which he quite liked. Last…
The Kitchen's Garden 