July 2023

Storyholder?  That is what Moth StorySLAM winner calls “Homework4Life”, a daily writing practice.  Here is my 4 July storyworthy moment. Most hated day for scared shitless doggies. No rain today so gardening tomorrow. Moving sheep fence with Elaine in the hapless humidity. We are adapted, but the work is still hard. Just think in terms…

I have a scythe, a broken one. One of my projects this summer is to fix it and sharpen it and make the pasuture sing with the hiss of the cutting and the metal strop of stopping to sharpen. Is this too much to ask?  Inspired by Kevin’s gift, Marc Hamer’s A Life in Nature.…