December 1, 2005: Today is the first day of the rest of your life. My mother had that sign posted prominently on the refrigerator in my childhood. Today,...
December 2, 2005: Erdenheim is a long rectangle, roughly five times as long as it is wide. To the west, on the short side, is the road, and that is the crown...
I'll be lurking and reading and wishing you all the best of luck. Since I sort of suggested Monty's name, and since I have my own transcription business...
Everything that you can dream off. Truely from the heart - I wish you every success. Love & Cyber Hugs Karen xxx p.s You got space for me to pitch a tent? :P...
A day of music. The animals all singing for their breakfast first, of course, each one in that individual voice. I would know them blindfolded. Every cat is...
Hi, my name is Freemont, but everybody calls me Monty. As long as I can remember, I've been trying to catch a cat. They just don't play fair, though. They...
A frigid day on the farm. I slept with the covers pulled completely over me last night, because my nose got cold every time it was out. This morning, I...
If Erdenheim had a population sign at the farm limits, it would have to be followed by a question mark. Even the people are not entirely determined. I am...
Last night, I was asked one of those questions I dread, because I'm never quite sure how to answer it simply. "Oh, you're a writer. What do you write?" ...
What goes down must come up. That becomes the mantra of the farm in the winter, especially in deep freeze weeks like this one. Winter in these parts is a...
Hope is integral to any kind of farm life, no matter what animal or food forms the cash crop. Hope that the rain needed will come, that the crops will grow,...
Are you keeping Monte Deb? Susan ... From: Deb To: erdenheim@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2005 5:54 PM Subject: [erdenheim] EJ: December 10,...
... Nope, Monty is for sale. As long as I have him, I'll be working on his training, but he will leave at some point. I'll still follow his career with...
HI Deb, Can you give us some background as to how you got to this point? I remember some of this from the HC list, but could use a review. Didn't you just ...
... remember ... just ... always know ... taken ... awe of ... like ... Hi Claire, I'll try to do a better job working on it. I'd actually intended to ...
First, there was a dream. Then, the dream took a name. Finally, the dream took substance. I've always known I wanted to write and raise horses on my...
From the beginning, there have always been the stories. My memories date back to age 1 1/2, and even then, there were stories. It seemed so natural to me to...
Today, we have naming of cats. Indoors, the cast for the play that is life at Erdenheim includes, in order of age: L'Chiam - A beautiful calico, marked in...
I love the passers by too Deb. Since I live in the city (burbs) there don't seem to be any hobo cats around here. ... From: Deb To: erdenheim@yahoogroups.com ...
I've often wondered what an uninformed observer at Erdenheim would think of some of the farm activities. The only neighbor within sight is a half mile farther...
Another question that it's hard to have a short answer to is "what is it you do with horses?" If I simply say dressage, the response of 99% of the non horse...
Unloading hay also has its own pattern on Erdenheim. First, I pull up with a load of hay in Coleridge. Even before I have gotten out of the truck, the barn...
"But you aren't doing that yourself, are you?" The horrified look was one I've encountered frequently. Today was pleasantly bookended with music, a dress...
Step into a time machine with me and travel 20 years into the future. Erdenheim has at least tripled in size, acquiring the strips of land on either side of...
The land to the north of Erdenheim is a huge (I estimate 150 acres), neglected pasture, with long-fallen trees, brush, and about 20 cows who amble around in...
There are many measurements for a day. Days can be reckoned in hours and minutes, in people and conversations, in moments, in prayers and answers to prayers,...
Believe it or not, I have tree buds in December. Not odd in some climates; totally out of place in this one. The large silver maple tree behind my house is...
There is nothing quite so annoying to a horse as an empty bucket. Buckets have the universal purpose of holding grain and are wasted in any other activity,...
