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On The Path. Winter Whispers

On The Path, Winter's Whisper   On the path this morning, light snow. A whisper of winter, nearly over. Reminded me of the winter pasture.

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Advice and Consent: Life As An Argument

Advice And Consent   Perhaps inspired by the news, or our political system, people see their beliefs and lives as an argument. Some people who read my blog believe they have the right to argue with me...

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Me and Ben. The New Bedlam Farm

Me and Ben   My friend Ben Osterhaudt and I went over to the possible New Bedlam Farm this morning, and it was very meaningful and meant a lot to me. Ben and I have been through a lot together. He is a...

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Dance For The World

Dance For The World "May I never not be frisky, May I never not be risque. May my ashes, when you have them, friend, and give them to the ocean, leap in the froth of the waves, still loving moment,...

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Putting Panic Attacks In Their Place, Part 2.

Panic Attack, Part 2   Panic attacks are important. They hurt, stifle and cripple lives, distort reality.  They affect the body as well as the soul, and are unhealthy. For me, the first breakthrough...

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Henry David Thoreau On Facebook

Thoreau on Facebook   Thoreau finished his dinner  soon after moving to his cabin on Walden Pond – fried rat, wild cat, roots, berries,  raw fish, mushrooms – and he sat down to record the meal. He...

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Sign Up For Warnings.com

Warnings.com Cynthia's career paths did not survive the Great Recession. At least not at first. Her organic farm was smothered by oppressive federal regulations. Her dog-walking service did not survive...

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Chicken Of The Left, Chicken Of The Right. Start Clucking

Chickens Of The Left, Right   The Chicken Of The Left, And The Chicken Of The Right, were each hired as television commentators, to debate the issues of the day. To cover politics and government. They...

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Anniversary: Remembering Simon

Remembering Simon It has been a year since Animal Control Officer Jessica Barrett removed Simon from a nearby farm where he was near death, starving, barely able to stand up, his hooves grown out six...

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An Angel In my Funhouse

Sunday In My Funhouse I couldn't find my angel this this week, so I texted her, as I know she sleeps with an Iphone in her ear, and in a second, my Iphone pinged with an automatic reply: "I am out of...

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35 mm world Sunday. My life is not an argument

Our lives are not arguments. Our perspectives need not be the same. Our beliefs are personal, and you do not need to share mine, and I do not need to share yours. Our grieving is individual, and I do...

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Small Miracles: Fran On The Roost

Small Miracles We were surprised and pleased to see the apprently indestructible Fran sitting up on the roost with the other hens for the first time since she was mauled by the fox more than a month...

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Finding My Angel: Old Dog With Enormous Wings

    An Angel With Wings I found my lost angel on the path, a very old brown dog with enormous wings, bent over, tired and sick and breathing hard and covered with mud. She had been missing from my...

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The Vision Of George Forss

The Vision Of George Forss Creative cultures seem to spawn narcissism, great amounts of gooey self-serving pablum and gas. It is common to hear writers and artists wallowing in their own...

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Florence Walrath: New Bedlam Farm

Florence Walrath: Spirit Of New Bedlam Farm Florence Walrath on her Tennessee Walker. People assume that I'm moving to the New Bedlam Farm to downsize or save money (I do plan on saving money) but I...

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Talking To Animals: Food And Trust

Food And Trust Whenever a new animal comes to Bedlam Farm, we work to establish trust and communication. There are several reasons for this. First, there are times when we need to control animals like...

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Red’s Diary: The Wolf Dog

Inspiring Me It seems I have a Wolfdog. If Frieda's work is guarding us, and Lenore's is loving us – this is why I love working dogs – then Red's plan is to watch over us, be close to us,  and do his...

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Vaginas and Penile Implants: What Is A Good Man?

The Bedlam Farm Men's Group With Red's arrival, and the surprise emergence of Strut (we thought he was a she) and the good company of Simon and me, we have a quorum for the Bedlam Farm Men's Group. We...

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Friendship

A friendship Perhaps one day I will understand a friendship between a 34 year old pony who is totally blind and has lived outside in a pasture alone for 15 years, and a five-year-old border collie from...

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Blue Flowers

Blue Flowers The flowers in the garden are nearly gone. These blue ones are among the last ones left. They are graceful and they stand out in their own way. Fall is close, the air and light are...

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Farm Muck

Living With Crud For much of the year we live with farm muck, a unique mix of rain, snow, ice, mud, manure and trodden dirt. Farm muck is not like any other kind of muck. It sticks to your shoes,...

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Dog’s Heart: Lawsuits Of The Brain

Lawsuits Of The Brain So listen, dear person, it is not all about loyalty and love, but frustration and commitment too. We are always watching, always listening to you. If I could I would make you stop...

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“Inner Rings,” Part Two: Morality, Acceptance And Satisfaction

Inner Rings, Part Two Part two in a series: Acceptance And the "Inner Rings." The theologian and author gave a powerful sermon in 1940 about the human struggle to get inside the many "Inner Rings" of...

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Working Horses, Blue-Star Equiculture

Working Horses, Blue Working horses on the run, Blue-Star Equiculture, Palmer, Mass.

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The Dog And The Apple Tree

The Dog And Apple Tree The dog and the apple tree in the pasture are two of my favorite photographic subjects, the old apple tree is graceful, filled with twists and curves, like life itself. This...

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