Being fairly new shepherds, my parents were cautious. My mom and dad had been told to worm Harry each month. Mom didn’t want Harry to become resistant so they chose to worm him every other month. This was a very poor choice. There is a parasite called the meningeal worm or brain worm (Parelaphostrongylus TenuisContinue reading “Harry – Was No More”
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Harry at the Front Door
Harry settled into his new life at the farm. He was only eight months old when my parents got him. Mom and dad made sure they handled him daily so he was manageable. Harry was great. Mom would occasionally walk him from the barn to the house if we had company, and let the kidsContinue reading “Harry at the Front Door”
Harry the First Guard Llama
If you have sheep you most likely live in the country. If you live in the country there are most likely coyotes. If the winter is mild there are probably enough rabbits and mice etc. to keep the coyotes fed. Sometimes coyotes will come after your sheep and/or lambs. Some people use Great Pyrenees dogsContinue reading “Harry the First Guard Llama”
Johnny’s Birth
Johnny’s Birth My parents were shepherds. My dad also had an Ace Hardware store. Twice a year my mom and dad would go to hardware shows where they would purchase specialty merchandise for the upcoming months. When my parents were away it was my responsibility to watch the farm and tend to the sheep. ThisContinue reading “Johnny’s Birth”
Garbage Fairies
Our first house was 2400 square feet on six and a half acres. We bought the house when I was pregnant with our first child. The house was just 7 miles from my parents who lived on 65 acres that had been my grandparents “summer home.” (Although throughout my entire life they never used it,Continue reading “Garbage Fairies”
Marie V.
My maternal grandmother’s given name was V. Marie_______. She hated her first name. So much so that when she was old enough she went to the local courthouse and had her first and middle names legally switched. She became Marie V.______. To the best of my knowledge only my mom, my dad, my uncle, (mom’sContinue reading “Marie V.”
JB Hunt
My ex husband and my youngest daughter’s first and last initials are JB. Not planned, it doesn’t mean anything special, that’s just the way it turned out. Later my older daughter dated a young man who went by the initials JB. We used to go camping for a long weekend every July or August inContinue reading “JB Hunt”
I am a “C”
I am a C I am a C-H I am a C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N and I have C-H-R-I-S-T in my H-E-A-R-T….. You know how it goes. My daughter learned this song At Procter Camp one Summer. On the hour and a half drive home I was made to sing this song over and over until I gotContinue reading “I am a “C””
The Ice Cream Man
(Poetry Month – Week Five) The Ice Cream Man Kinda short kinda stocky thick, dark hair with natural wave rather than curl. My dad always said Jesus was probably built more like him than those pictures you see hanging at Sunday school. He was Greek. He knew some Greek. He even knew people in Greece-relatives.Continue reading “The Ice Cream Man”
Frank
(Poetry Month – Week Four) Frank Drunk Sincere Low life Determined Stupid Enthusiastic Lazy Sweet smile Dirty Loving Scary Kind brown eyes Sober Finally I met Frank when I was working as the bookkeeper at the Church of the Ascension in Middletown, Ohio. Frank led an organized yet somewhat rogue AA group. I was atContinue reading “Frank”
My Patio 