Here is a tremendous sign of faith in my future soundness: FarmWife has decided that I deserve a brand new pair of hoof boots! It's a bit of a risk: after all, it's a $130+ investment (or more, depending on the brand) for the possi…
Sun
There is a bizarre phenomenon in Wickersham . . . the grasses grow brown and the earth drifts into the sky in a million minute particles. FarmWife says it's only dust, but this isn't the dust I know and love. That dust sticks on c…
I'm a winner!
Last week, I was driving along listening to Click 98.9 (yes, I admit it: I like the same music as my 12 year-old daughter. I also like classier things, but I am not above grooving to a Maroon 5 or Coldplay song) when the DJ asked, "do…
Mobile posts
These big ol' hooves of mine make blogging from this tiny little smartphone difficult, but FarmWife says I must practice. She says that my new smartphone is the solution to this problem of an overly busy transcriptionist. Now I can bl…
Arrietty
Arrietty
She does not heed the word "stand", which leads to great trouble when there is a gate ajar or when there is a grooming in progress or when there is a photo being taken. Witness the product of FarmWife's photography …
The prettiest mule at the fair!
Well, I've always wanted to go to the Northwest Washington Fair in person but it hasn't worked out yet. Never fear—thanks to my artist friend, I was there in spirit if not in body. Do you remember yesterday when I said I was sure m…
Art and a giveaway!
Dear Friends,
Big news in the art world! My oil portrait (by Shaila Tenorio, visible on the right sidebar of my blog) was entered in the Northwest Washington Fair. I'm eagerly awaiting news from the artist about how it did—honestly, I&…
Two peas in a pod
If you can't stare at invisible scary things with your mini-me, who can you stare at invisible scary things with?
Napping
It must be a small animal thing: Arrietty spends so much time napping with my goats, it's like the three of them have some sort of club. If they had paintbrushes, they'd hang a sign on their treehouse reading "Small, Tired Liv…
Fruits
1) a neighbor called this morning and said that FarmWife and her children ought to come pick his blueberries, which were weighing his bushes down to the ground. They picked about a gallon and the bushes looked just as fully loaded when the…
Summer
This feels like summer! It's 90 degrees, my legs aren't off-white anymore, and I—who abhors breezes, and like a nice stagnant room—actually have a fan on in my office. I am loving my current lifestyle among the fully employed: half-…
Carrying people
This week I have issued rides to my big, medium, and small human fillies, soundly carrying them hither and thither about my pasture for up to 20 minutes at a time, to no ill effect. In fact, I have carried them so soundly that FarmWife thi…
Dear FarmWife
Dear FarmWife,
I know life is busier now that you're working full time. Thank you for having the foresight to have my barn open right onto the driveway, where you can bid me good morning and good night as you walk to and from the car! …
Reprinted from the Brayer: Introducing Arrietty
The Bold and the Brayful
a column by Fenway Bartholomule
Introducing Miss Arrietty G. Teaspoon,
Assistant Mule of Bent Barrow Farm
I've some earfully splendid news for
you today, my friends, but first let's have the back story.
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