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1. June 13, 2013 - In Ongoing Craziness

   In continuing disasters in my week of computer problems and power outages, today we have flooding! Locusts are next…..

   (See the water up over that little bridge over my creek? Not that you can tell there is even a creek there.)

1. June 11, 2013 - Surprised Again

   So, last we heard from Ross, he was headed out to sea, first for a short at-sea then a long LONG at-sea and we didn’t expect to see our erstwhile hero until after the first of the year. But then he got back from the short at-sea and they decided they wanted him to take a couple training classes. Meanwhile, his sub got underway on … Continued…

1. June 6, 2013 - Bloomin’ Mountain Laurel

   I was four wheeling at Blue Creek again yesterday and we came across mountain laurel in bloom.

   Gorgeous!

   Mountain laurel is related to the rhododendron, though it blooms a little earlier, as the summer solstice approaches. The woods in West Virginia are just thick with them in places, though they don’t always bloom some years in the lower altitudes. … Continued…

1. June 4, 2013 - Come Milk with Me

   Attendees milking at the Wool & Herbals retreat.

   Last Call: I have spaces available at the two-day June Cows, Cheese, Soap & Baking retreat, June 14-15. The five-day July Family Cow, Cheese, Soap, Herbals & Baking retreat is completely full, and due to the craziness that is my fall, I don’t have anything else scheduled this year. If you want to come to … Continued…

1. June 3, 2013 - Trash Day

   I pull out empty feed bags from the cellar when I’m getting trash together to take to the cans. This always creates a chicken frenzy, as if they might find a crumb!

1. June 1, 2013 - This Life

   As I look forward to my book coming out in October, and as I worked with my publisher the last few months going over and over galleys of the book (I’ve read this book ONE THOUSAND TIMES, or so it feels), I am sometimes weirded out that this book is about me. Who was that woman? She worked SO HARD!!!! And she actually liked it, what was wrong with her? (Laughing.) … Continued…

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