Archive for January, 2006

Gut Feeling

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

The sun has been shining for the last two days and how different it is compared to the gloom we’ve had for over two weeks. It’s nice to see the sky again. Today we brought home our meat saw and meat grinder and I just got done unloading them with the skid steer. They’re some [...]

Day Dreaming

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

“Grandma, I’m so happy to go to the hills tomorrow.”
“Well, Sarah, I’m almost finished with your dress, a few more minutes and it’ll be ready. I’m excited too; it’s been a long winter.”
“Grandma, why are we going, it must be a long way away if it’ll take all day. I’ve never [...]

Another Day On The Farm

Friday, January 6th, 2006

Life feels a lot better nowadays after whatever was in my gut decided to leave me alone. Now if I was really into modern movie culture I’da figured some monster was ready to pop out of there. That not being the case I just rode it out. Feels good to be alive, I’ll grant you [...]

Flu and Talking About Food

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

This is fine and dandy tonight, I think I have the stomach flu. Anyway, I hope that’s what it is. Belly is puffed up and I feel like what I was spreading out in the field this morning. But such is life. The weatherman is predicting that we might see sunshine in a couple of [...]

Family Corn and Bean Patch

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

A new year and it’s going good so far. We’re in a strange weather pattern up here, always cloudy, murky, and always the possibility of freezing rain or snow. The temp hovers around freezing day and night. This has been going on since before Christmas. I’m forgetting what the sun looks like. At least the [...]