Just minutes after we were officially welcomed with a beautifully carved sign, mountain views and clean restrooms–
we got our REAL welcome to life on the farm–
There it is, the facts of life in your face. You might be thinking, especially if you recall what happened over winter break, that I bring out the frisky in [...]
Read more...Well, we made it to Kansas.
We haven’t seen hide nor hair of Dorothy or the Great and Powerful Oz, but as we eased on down the road we did see something that surprised me. And filled my heart (this is the heartland you know) with hope. Miles and miles of power generating wind mills.
We also [...]
Read more...It’s time. We are ready to hit the road, Jack.
Heck yeah we’re bringing Jack; who’d you think was going to do all the driving and the refueling and the feeding and entertaining of whining kids? OK, not really. It would be delightful to have imaginary handy Jack along, but it’ll just be the four of [...]
The hazy images dancing in my brain of what life on the farm, in particular, life with my family on the farm, looks like, may need a bit of adjusting. Last year, everything went according to plan. We set out for the farm to pick strawberries, and after a few glorious hours of basking in [...]
Read more...On the plus side, the unexpected plethora of water falling from the sky has turned our arid yard into a backyard jungle. It’s just been a bit unfortunate for my little swimmers, who have been turning blue with cold while dodging thunderstorms at practice. Acadia addressed the issue by pairing her swim suit with cowboy [...]
Read more...Ok so I’m starting to lose it. School days are done and summer is upon us and I’ve got three weeks of swim team and jump practice to coordinate before packing up the car and turning our (station) wagon west east not to mention figuring out hotel stops and food and oh yeah, I’m losing [...]
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