It's funny, but a close brush with opportunity (a job, elsewhere, which would have required a move) really served to ground me here. Coming in a close second after a very protracted series of interviews was a blessing in disguise: it&#…
Here's a fun update!
The shelter where I started volunteering has offered me a paid webmaster/publications editor position, so four transformative things have happened: 1) my volunteering has morphed into halftime work, to my great delight and satisfaction. 2)…
Life is good
I promise I wouldn't miss a week of blogging without a good excuse. Here it is—my transcriptionist, FarmWife, has been very busy getting to know 100 new friends! They're the dogs, cats, and bunny of the Humane Society of Skagit Va…
Walkzies
Me bin goin fur de walkzies wife mai huminzes. . . . Nope. I can't bring myself to go on. No matter how I try, it seems I cannot speak the language of "pet". It's going to have to be my usual brand of mulificent, splendifero…
Opportunity knocks
FarmWife usually gets updates from LinkedIn about jobs for which she may be qualified: communications manager, editor/writer, content developer, event planner, development director, what have you. She sometimes finds these tips useful, tho…
Shelter dogs
Well, my plan to commit 4 hours per week to walking shelter dogs went a bit awry when I got busy with professional obligations, but going every Tuesday—even if it's just for an hour or two—has been incredibly fun. I am still heartbroke…
Birdy breakthrough
Do you remember Kevin, our humans' new cockatiel? He's a very good sort, though he came to Bent Barrow Farm with bleeding wounds from having had all of his flight feathers broken off below the skin. Nasty business! Two vet visits …
The circle of life!
♪ ♫ Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaants ingonyama . . . . bagithi baba. Sithi uhhmm ingonyama . . . . . the circle of life! ♪ ♫ This weekend, the circle of life on Bent Barrow Farm began again with the annual spreading of the compost. My decomposed manu…
Are you 21, little horsey?
Well, FarmWife and I have been on our trail ride! (Actually, I suppose FarmWife got a trail ride and I had a trail carry .) I carried FarmWife up the hill for fifteen minutes, then I carried FarmWife down the hill for fifteen minutes, then …
An exciting package
My weight's back up, my abscess has healed, my white lines are healthier, and my troublesome hock has been cool and hard for nearly two years. FarmWife says this means one very exciting thing: I have permission to go out on the hills a…
What a week!
I got to spend most of my week with the one and only Granny J-Bone, FarmWife's human mother and famed animal lover, who took time out from her own life to petsit here at Bent Barrow Farm. She is the very same Granny who offered up her…
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