The Almost Foolproof Betting System for County Fairs
If you were the betting type — and you had the right system — there is lots of money...
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Goodbye Old Paint
If you listen to enough cowboy music, you know the best love songs are written, not by a cowboy...
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Counting My Chickens Before They’re Hatched
I’m thinking a lot about chickens these days. Something about oncoming Spring in Sonoma...
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The Farm Report: Winter 2010 Edition
Long-time readers were probably wondering when I’d get back to the farm. Well, after nearly...
Read MoreWhere I Cowgirl Up at the Community Rodeo
How do I get myself talked into these things? My mother’s stable in Lake County was thinking of putting on a rodeo-like event. The goal was to show the greater community, even those who didn’t keep horses at the...
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Bucolic San Francisco?
Ah, the Noe Valley area of San Francisco. It’s a little bit funky, somewhat artsy,...
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Thinking About Pigs
When I told an old high school friend about our movement back to the land, I admitted to him that...
Read MoreGoats and Wine: Notes from the Barking Dog
Back at the Barking Dog Cafe, (“More Bark, Less Bite”) the only place I can find in Sonoma with free Wi-Fi. I tell you, it’s like being in the Old West trekking two miles into town to hook up the old laptop and...
Read MoreSo Near Yet So Far
It’s been so long since we had a vacation that Andy’s own company had to tell him that, even though he’s CEO, he can accrue no more vacation until he uses some. But with business at a critical juncture, taking off to the...
Read MoreWhy I’m Being Kind to Animals, Plants And Even Mold Spores
What if we, the entire human race, were gone. I mean gone in an instant. Zapped. All of us. What would happen to Earth?That’s the premise of a fascinating book I just got, The World Without Us by Alan Weisman. At least it...
Read MorePuppy Training: The Horror, The Horror
For some reason, puppy potty training has not been going well. Smooth Fox Terriers have such definite personalities, that my past training efforts have all been about keying into what Method Actors would call “their...
Read MoreTerriers and Terroir
People ask us, “Why Two Terrier Vineyards?” We say, “Why not?” We had the terriers and, if you are still fumbling your way through winemaking, a couple of cute dogs on the label can’t hurt. Problem...
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