Author: Rachel

2018 word of the year: ABUNDANCE

When she's not busy making websites, Rachel likes to hang out with her family and all their critters (3 dogs, 3 cats, 11-ish goats, 1 sheep, and a gazillion chickens).

Home Sweet Home

New kids in the flock

Post author By Rachel
Post date July 9, 2016

Charlotte had twins while we were in Alaska. Molly had a singleton, who unfortunately didn’t make it. Then Sarah and Esme both had twins about a week after we got home. Dang, those babies are cute. We have been bottle-feeding two of them, which is quite time-consuming. Hope was unable to stand for nearly a week and was very weak, which meant she couldn’t nurse. And Pepper’s mom rejected her. But both are thriving and Hope is finally chasing the kids as they ride bikes in the driveway. She’s still a little wobbly, but I no longer worry that she’s going to make it.

words of wisdom

Decisions

Post author By Rachel
Post date July 4, 2016

Make reversible decisions quickly, and irreversible decisions very deliberately.

-Matt Mullenweg

words of wisdom

The Enkindled Spring

Post author By Rachel
Post date May 13, 2016

D. H. LAWRENCE
This spring as it comes bursts up in bonfires green,
Wild puffing of emerald trees, and flame-filled bushes,
Thorn-blossom lifting in wreaths of smoke between
Where the wood fumes up and the watery, flickering rushes.

I am amazed at this spring, this conflagration
Of green fires lit on the soil of the earth, this blaze
Of growing, and sparks that puff in wild gyration,
Faces of people streaming across my gaze.

And I, what fountain of fire am I among
This leaping combustion of spring? My spirit is tossed
About like a shadow buffeted in the throng
Of flames, a shadow that’s gone astray, and is lost.