by Dawn | Sep 22, 2015 | family, parenting, sustainability
It was decided that the trans-hen-der chicken-that-is-really-a-rooster could not go be sent to the crock pot without a revolt from this vegetarian and that little boy. Then it crowed at 6:10AM, waking the boy again. I started thinking. Humans have eaten animals for...
by Dawn | May 19, 2015 | simplicity, sustainability
Chicken Day is here. We went to the Putnam Farmer’s Co-op to pick out the birds a couple days ago. Putnam is an old Connecticut mill town in “The Quiet Corner,” the Northeastern part of Connecticut now famous for antique shops, formerly where...
by Dawn | Feb 2, 2015 | parenting
“Why do fancy ladies hate farms?” Declan asked. He woke up with this earth-shattering question on his mind. “I don’t know,” I said. “Seriously, Mom. Maybe they hate farms because they dress so nice and farms are dirty?” He...
by Dawn | May 20, 2014 | food, gardening
I’m growing my own food again this year. Last year, I didn’t get it quite right. The bugs had dinner before I could. I read every book on organic farming, yet still, they ate my veggies, impervious to my reading. There were grubs, slugs, and beetles, and...
