
Broke Filly
On learning the difference between pigheaded persistence and acceptance, and on the oxymoronic freedom I’ve found in resignation.
Reflections on life written from the vantage point of my small farm.
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On learning the difference between pigheaded persistence and acceptance, and on the oxymoronic freedom I’ve found in resignation.

Twelve years ago to the day, I started my corporate copywriting job that I was laid off from last year.

A recording from our live video

I saw the kids off to school today — a long-awaited event after this long summer.

A recording from Cass's live video

It rained hard yesterday, and indentations from the temporary streams and rivulets still mark the sand near the chicken coop and throughout the bare sacrificial areas of the horse pastures.

A recording from Cass and Chris Resists's live video

The garish red numbers light up the shiny new blue and white sign at the gas station as I drive by — the Marathon where that girl was murdered and stuffed in a dumpster a few years ago, back when the sign was old.

A confessional

The crows regularly leave things in the horses’ water buckets —

An honest reflection on how motherhood has affected my writing