Grain, Pain, and Smiling in the Rain

I like to title something I write before I begin plucking away. I suppose I believe it gives me direction, like a goal to shoot for or some ...

OK, its like this...I am in the barn hanging out with my three year old filly, Mia, who very recently ingested way more goat feed than a hor...

Oh where O where have I been. Wish I knew. This summer has flown/crawled by, flown mostly. Jen started back to school today with classes beg...

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Monday morning past, we welcomed Zippo's Cool Brio Bar into our barn family. The little filly was born just after 3:00 AM, as predicted ...

What a beautiful wedding. So much time has passed, and so much has happened. Our lives are full of God's goodness and love. My family is...

Funny, the last few pictures I have posted are some of my very favorites. Those two boys are such a delight...in pictures anyways. In real l...

a sink large enough to bath two babies and still have room for fun. They were not "Home Alone" Bruises from playing like country b...

So much has happened in the last weeks and months, I am at a loss as to how to describe or denote all of the excitement, crazy emotions, wea...

Its as close to official as I can hope for. We are moving on Saturday. So many thoughts, fears, hopes, worries, excitements, WORK, things to...

Too bad I cannot whip up a poetic sonnet to express my mournful desire for warmer weather. I am on my way downhill to napville, and as usua...

Life is full of small rewards, like when your son USES a napkin. We can choose to live life in hesitant anticipation of those mountain momen...

Saw snow for the first time this afternoon, first time in two weeks anyways. Snuggled in at a Sleep Inn in southern West Virginia. We have a...

The above sign is posted outside out backyard pool. On the entertainment center propped up in front of a fake plant is a snapshot a rather l...

Woke up with a cold this morning. Truly, I knew when I went to bed what was coming. Drew has been sick since the trip coming down. He worsen...