For the first time in 23 years, our family celebrated Christmas with a vast ocean between us. Our oldest daughter attends graduate school in Germany, and spent her first Christmas away from home. Despite the distance between us, we spent the morning with her, opening gifts and sharing our family traditions as she introduced us to German Christmas customs. I … Read More
My college girl,Anna, modeling the Gotland shawl. For my Yarn Along and KCCO post this week, I have a feeling that you do not want to hear my progress report for my gansey sweater. It is filled with stress, mistakes, “unknitting” and “re-knitting”. So I will save that story for another time. (Just know that in the end….I did prevail!) Instead, I … Read More
Our First Hoof Trim This past November marked our tenth year as shepherds. When I think back over our ten years of living with sheep, we have learned much about shepherding, ourselves, and the natural rhythms of the life and death cycle. I vividly remember the first day we brought 3 sheep home in the back of a borrowed pick … Read More
The Christmas Box A story of love, hope, and healing, Richard Evans first wrote The Christmas Box as an expression of his love for his two daughters. It quickly entered the homes of millions of readers, whose hearts were touched by his writing. Since discovering Evans’ book, I have either read the book or watched the movie every Christmas season. … Read More
Friday morning, I received a phone call from Ron, our livestock transporter. He had spent the past three weeks in intimate quarters with our new flock of Gotland sheep, as he meandered across the United States with them in his livestock trailer. He was calling to say he was sitting in the village only 6 miles away from our farm. … Read More
