Today was my third day out in the field on the part-time job being a personal aide to seniors. I've put in 2-3 hours a day so far, all on vacation coverage...
I have a CD of professional quality choir renditions of 24 patriotic songs, and due to the season, I was playing that CD this afternoon while driving to a...
On this Independence Day, I had my version of a holiday, meaning that I didn't quite work as much as usual at the usual stuff and spent some of the "spare"...
There is a pattern to feeding the horses, a surprisingly physical pattern, almost like a complex choreographed routine. First, I fill five buckets and lament...
One of the highlights of every week for me - at least three seasons out of the year - is the professional adult choir rehearsal on Tuesday nights. Unlike most...
I got an update on Monty today from his new owner in his many-states-distant new home. "Monty has been doing great. He's quite fascinated with all the...
Hiya Deb It's always nice to know that one of the babies is settled in a new home (I'm like that with the pups!) Always like to keep up with how they are doing...
I spent this morning doing aide work and this afternoon phone booking again, pushing myself to meet the current cash crunch. This latest phone book route was...
I didn't realize he had gone to the same place as your other baby. I think that's great! Deb wrote: I got an update on Monty today from his new owner in his...
At the corner of my house next to the driveway sits a concrete frog, painted fairly realistically green, a very correct frog except for the fact that it is...
The law of supply and demand applies in breeding horses, as in most other things. A rare commodity becomes more valuable. I got an email from Monty's new...
There is another part of the Erdenheim dream I haven't mentioned yet, because it is still quite in the future. I call it the Erdenheim Foundation. Basically,...
Missy is the appointed sentinel of Erdenheim. Any time anything moves on the ridge, her head comes up, and her ears swivel like radar dishes to focus the...
You never quite know what will be around the next curve in the country - yet another reason for cautious driving. I was coming around a curve with a full load...
I'm trying out organic pest control this year on the farm. Once a month, a lab sends me a bag of fly predators, little burrowing things that arrive shipped in...
A quiet night on the farm - in Erdenheim terms. The tree frogs, crickets, and all are in full chorus. The horses are snorting softly through their hay. A...
Quite a day, prefacing a 3-day period which hectic won't even begin to describe. I spent the day in orientation, getting information shoved at me lock, stock,...
Outside of five minutes, all went amazingly well and smoothly yesterday. The bad five minutes were the first few at the new job, when I couldn't get the time...
One of the nicest sights in the world, I think, is the face of a horse peering expectantly over a gate, ears pricked. Of course, being the bringer of grain...
Interlude. It's the musical bridge between two sections of a piece, and tonight feels like an interlude. I'm not working, but I don't want to bump around my...
Deb, This literally brought tears to my eyes. Keep the Faith and hang in there, my friend. You have a lot of people sending prayers and blessings your way. ...
I spent a good bit of today mowing, using both organic and gasoline lawnmowers. The drought here is quite bad, but for some reason, it only affects the grass....
I was taking a nap this afternoon preparatory to working all night, and the cats were tucked around me in pleasantly purring bundles when a storm came. Their...
Life isn't fair. Kate learned that with full force today. When I bought grain and hay yesterday, I also bought some special high-calorie mix for Frosch, who...
One thing I've always appreciated about the horses is their lack of choosiness at feeding time. The cats can be finicky, but horses are delighted to see you...
"You're like a bat," a client said to me yesterday as I worked a home aide shift. I'd come straight from work and had a 3-hour shift at her house. She mostly...
One unintentional side effect of moving 400 feet of fenceline and enlarging my yard so that Mom's trailer could be located in the yard instead of the pasture...
Looking at Rosalind today and admiring her striking pewter-colored points and shading, I found myself thinking of Sabra, my first Siamese. Sabra was...
"What do you sing?" a coworker asked me last night. We were discussing the Singers at the time, she having asked me what my main hobbies were. I soon...
Supposedly, it's easier to destroy than to build. The principle holds true in many things, but I've always wondered about its application to fence posts. Not...
