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...
Read MoreLong-time readers were probably wondering when I’d get back to the farm. Well, after nearly...
Read Moreby Lisa | May 11, 2009 | livestock, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 6 |
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...
Read Moreby Lisa | Mar 3, 2009 | livestock, San Francisco | 4 |
Ah, the Noe Valley area of San Francisco. It’s a little bit funky, somewhat artsy,...
Read MoreWhen I told an old high school friend about our movement back to the land, I admitted to him that...
Read Moreby Lisa | Apr 30, 2008 | farming, livestock, winemaking | 1 |
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 MoreIt’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 MoreWhat 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 MoreFor 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 MorePeople 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...
Read MoreA Yank. A Brit. Two Terriers. A Vineyard. And a Dream.
Being the true-life adventures of two city kids and two spoiled terriers as they transition to a life of winemaking and organic farming in Sonoma. You know Green Acres? It’s like that.
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