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2020 was a terrible year for the world, for all of the obvious reasons. In our little corner of the world, on our farm, it

If you have been listening to the radio or reading the newspaper (or surfing through news sites for those that are more technologically inclined), you

The wind is howling around the house, snow blowing everywhere. I don’t know if the wind is pushing another bout of extreme cold or maybe

A guest blog by Wayne McDonald Is it just me or has this been a long winter? I mean exceptionally long. Ultimate marathon long. Earth

Many of you probably know that in my single days I worked as a sheep shearer.  I started when I was not quite 18 years

Is anyone feeling the blues? I was thinking to myself that maybe I’ve come down with the Baby Blues. You know, they say you can

So as I’m waiting for winter to end (as I’m sure all of you are too) I decided to raid the Netflix archives on food

Emma and I were enjoying our winter in the house. I did go for walks with her in the month after she was born because

It’s now the middle of January. Winter is being fairly good to us…nothing crazy, like 10 feet of snow as in two years ago or

Lard…it used to be like white gold. The fat from a pig was an important part of the diet often valued equally to the meat.