Category Archives: Life

Laura’s Litter

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Hope

It’s Piggypalooza 2011, the sequel! Laura delivered 12 bouncing babies today! I played pigwife…mid-pig…doula, because everyone was gone! Max showed up midway. They are all different colors: some with belts that match our cows’. Some very pink, some pink with … Continue reading →

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Bye, Bye, Birdie!

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Hope

Perhaps because of my poetic namesake (Emily Dickinson’s thing with feathers), I have always had a thing for birds, starting with my Fisher Price bluebird music box. I started making cloth birds about a year ago, inspired by my sister’s … Continue reading →

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Jiggety Jig

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Hope

We’ve been on vacation in Denmark but are home again! While visiting my husband’s homeland, we enjoyed not one but two endless family parties with many courses, songs, toasts, and time with favorite aunts, uncles, and cousins. On the menu? … Continue reading →

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Surprise!

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Hope

Our sweet cow, Susie, hasn’t gotten pregnant since having her first calf, Wally, a year and a half ago. The vet told us that her plumbing might make it hard for her to get pregnant again, so we were considering … Continue reading →

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