I walked in step behind Anne as we made a beeline for the Red Barn. We had just locked up the gates after ushering guests from the main yard, and double checked locks for the turkeys and donkeys on the way back to lock up the doors for the goats, rams, and geese for the night. We headed through the large double doors and gave a quick head count ( Read more... )

Last week, while one of my volunteers, Chris, was watching the yard, a woman saw our aging and very cute goat, Katsina, walking around. Katsina walks rather stiff-legged, because, well, she's pretty old. But she hangs out with her family and gets lots of treats and hugs by kids and overall leads a great little life. So imagine Chris's surprise ( Read more... )

I woke up just now and thought, hmm, it's mighty light out. What time is it??

I grabbed my phone and saw 7:50. SHIT. I have to be at work AT 8!! I looked over and saw my uniform sitting by my hamper, ready to go. Okay, it shouldn't take that long to get to work. Just grab socks and lunch, fly into my clothes, I won't be that late. But they ( Read more... )

Holy crap. I just slept ten hours and am still SO EXHAUSTED. I could sleep another several hours, seriously. I have to go to work, instead. And deal with my one teenage volunteer of the day, god help him. I am all kinds of tired and grumpy. Something tells me either he may go home early or I will. Heh. Anyway ( Read more... )

In about six hours, I am waking up, loading crap in my car and MOVING to the Bay Area ( Read more... )