From Here on the Hill 10-9-2022
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1y ago
  cherry tomato remains on the hoophouse floor                                                                                               “Trust your crazy ideas”   The little sign hangs above my desk in the office, a relic from some near-forgotten bit of retail therapy. I have no idea why that little sign on the clearance she ..read more
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A Day In June
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1y ago
  “what is so rare as a day in June…” There is nothing quite like a beautiful June day…the brilliant blue of the sky, dotted with puffy white clouds that float by as the scent of freshly cut hay or the perfume of honeysuckle wafts through on the gentle breeze. Birds singing, flowers blooming…ah, yes! This is summertime in all its golden promise, before the heat and humidity send us scrambling for a cooler spot and the bugs and garden pests cause us any sort of aggravation and discouragement.   This year first of June seems significant in another way… We spent June 1, 2021 at the h ..read more
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A Sunday Walk in May 5 1 2022
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2y ago
   It’s the first of May!  Are you celebrating International Workers’ Day? May Day? getting ready for Cinco de Mayo?   Maybe none of those seem quite right for you. Here is an interesting article on the origins of the holiday. May Day history While I will try not to get on my soapbox or go off on a political rant, I should say I am incredibly grateful for the people who fought (some literally died) to make sure the rest of us had reasonable work hours and weekends. While I didn’t have a weekend off for a large portion of my adult life, I am truly glad some p ..read more
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A January Walkabout 2022
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   SNOW!    January 30th. Wow…time sure flies… I meant to write a year-end post. You know, a look back at the year’s accomplishments? But, in some ways the end of the farm as we have known it seemed too depressing. It’s hard enough to watch the landscape slowly close in and erase any signs of productivity now that the animals are gone and the gardens are dormant, I felt no real compunction to document it as well. So, I didn’t. Then I thought maybe I would write a new year’s post. You know, one with hopes and goals for the upcoming year? But, that seemed to tempt ..read more
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September 2021 Walkabout
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2y ago
It took a message from the other side of the world to get my attention. Wow! It really had been “ages” since I posted. More than six months to be exact. So, thanks to Virginia from New Zealand for the wake-up call.  I meant to keep posting, I really did. I made more than a few attempts. But, between some ill-timed internet hiccups (that only occurred just as I was ready to post) and unexpected life events…it got easier and easier to put off posting and wait for something “more interesting” to happen, for things to get “better”.  Spoiler alert—things did not get "better" or "more i ..read more
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A February Walk-about
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3y ago
  I read an article the other day in which the author claimed that we’d all “hit the wall” of the pandemic. You know, like marathon runners often do, just shy of the finish line. Some of the commentors dragged her for her sloppy use of metaphor and others pointed out some fallacies in her analogy. But, after reading social media posts from friends and family, I’m going to go out on a limb and say I think she was right. Or at the very least, made a credible point. We have hit a wall. No hyperbole. Not even a little bit. even Gus is done with winter The difference being ..read more
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Here's to 2021 - a Sunday walkabout
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3y ago
2021 started in the best possible way… ...or at least for a shepherd… My very first trip to the barn of the new year revealed healthy twin lambs. Mama sheep was fine, too. No human interaction was necessary. That is indeed a good thing. I suppose I could claim this as an omen for 2021…maybe I should. But, if 2020 taught us anything, there is NO predicting the future. 2020 rendered me speechless. (okay, anyone who knows me in real life would point out I talk far too much to ever be considered “speechless”…would you accept unable to write coherently?) Words failed me in 2020. They really did. S ..read more
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A Sunday Walkabout 12-6-2020
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3y ago
 To say this has been a weird year would be a woeful understatement. I keep thinking that some good news has to be just around the corner... ...and yet... ...here we are at the beginning of December with little hope of any return to the way things were, perhaps forever. While I know there is definitely some sort of silver lining somewhere, and I should surely be able to find it, as well as share it with you...it seems ever elusive at this particular moment. So, know that the sun still rises, there is still beauty in the world...and surely there is some sort of hope out there, even if we ..read more
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Sunday Walkabout - October 4, 2020
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3y ago
  Jack Daniels I distinctly smelled Jack Daniels. There was no mistaking that smoky, boozy scent. It was faint…and slightly stale, but definitely JD… But, that made no sense…how? Why? Tom gave alcohol after his scary diagnosis years ago. https://homesteadhillfarm.blogspot.com/2017/03/sunday-walkabout.html And, while 2020 has thrown us more challenges than ever imagined, I have not resorted to day-drinking. (yet) It wasn’t until my eyes caught the “Lynchburg, Tenn” stamped on the bottoms of the newly arrived “planters” for our farm beautification project that I remembered that they ..read more
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An August Sunday Walkabout
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3y ago
August is a wearisome month. No doubt about it, everything seems a little tired this time of year. Any enthusiasm we’ve had for all those growing projects has wilted and withered under the hot summer sun. But, we can’t give up yet, there is still much to do before the first frost. In addition to growing things, there is a daily onslaught on our humanity, our decency and our reality with the awfulness that spews forth from the white house on a near constant basis. The effects of the constant barrage can be seen across the country. Coupled with the worries of the pandemic, the social unrest ..read more
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