Holidays and New Year celebrations are when messages about what family should and shouldn't make me want to gag. They generalize everyone into one big homogenous lump. That's when I step back and take stock of the people I know. It does my heart good to see that we're individuals -- and that includes our… Continue reading Who is Family? by K E Garland: Reblog
Are you feeling holiday-ish?
Our home is too quiet, too empty without our dear Lola. Last Wednesday, she joined her twin brother, Pierre. We were privileged to have her. Like Pierre, she was loyal in every way to the end. The two were trusting, kind, obedient, and fun loving. Second in her heart only to her human family was… Continue reading Now We Are 2 (only): Sweet Lola is Sorely Missed by da-AL
Warning: reality check, then Cuteness Overload! It’s not for nothing that the human star of the glorious pig movie, “Babe,” went vegetarian…
If you were hanging out in the Kitchen’s Garden Lounge of Comments yesterday you would have read that a piglet was lost in that first cold night. I found him dead on Poppy’s side of their quarters. Being the Lady Pig Farmer is not always easy. All our focus these first few days is keeping the babies safe and well fed. This task feels mutually exclusive at times.
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Reading and writing are more than marks to on a page -- they're sensual! My ears taught me what writing was. As my father would drive, my mother beside him, me squished in the back seat between two older brothers, they all would holler, “Yield!” and “Stop!” and “Hollywood and Vine!” My father was in… Continue reading Words Delight Our Senses by da-AL
