Posted in Essentials, MVFF on Jun 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
I recently had occasion to visit the Hudson Valley Fiber Farm for their Spring Sheep Shearing. It seems like such a small thing. Sheep. Shearer. Fleece ready to become yarn. When I watched this video taken at the shearing, I found myself completely vaklempt…lump in my throat, tears in my eyes. It’s hard to say [...]
Read Full Post »
Lately, I’ve been working on several projects at once. As I was racing around the house yesterday, trying to find all of the pertinent pieces of paper for the projects du jour, I cursed myself one more time for being disorganized, being scattered, having too much going on…what was I looking for again?
At least this [...]
Read Full Post »
Posted in Essentials on May 8th, 2009 2 Comments »
It’s Saturday, May 9th!
Hudson Valley Fiber Farm, the sister farm to the Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm, is having their first sheep shearing on Saturday. It’s taken some fancy scheduling on the part of my family, but I’m planning to attend and I can’t wait!
Read Full Post »
It was a quiet weekend. We had family over on Thursday for turkey, but the rest of the weekend we laid low. I love my alone time and after working in the den of humanity that is the pediatricians’ office, I don’t want to see one more person when I leave. ever. really.
Years ago, there [...]
Read Full Post »
Such a strange day off. I had a few days off, went back to work for one day, and then I’m off until Monday. It isn’t as if I can’t be at work one more minute or I’ll have a breakdown (although that was the case a week ago). So many of the things I’ve [...]
Read Full Post »