Farm Tales & Sheepish Stories

Bad Art Can Be Charming

May 25, 2021 5 Comments

pastels

I dislike being new at anything. It makes me feel uncertain and lost and frustrated, none of which are my favorite feelings. Yet despite this, I’ve taken up both the art of painting with pastels and the ukelele. I’m confident I’ll figure out the ukelele—it’s just learning notes and practicing. But art…? Most of the […]

Filed Under: New Life Tagged With: art, beginnings, sheep

Pivot? Me?

February 9, 2021 21 Comments

Black Girl and Catherine

If you’ve ever seen the Friends pivot scene, you know how difficult it can be to pivot when moving a sofa up a too-small staircase. Pivoting is hard work, whether you’re “pivoting” a sofa, or a life. For twenty-five years my life and my writing career have been centered on sheep, and on our farm. […]

Filed Under: Farming, Memoir, New Life Tagged With: changing direction, Friends, memoir, new life, pivoting, sheep

The Big Pivot

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About Me

After twenty-five years on the farm, I’m adjusting to the adventures of city life. Part of that adjustment is figuring out what I want to write about now, since sheep are no longer part of my daily life. I’m challenging myself creatively by painting with pastels and playing the ukelele as I seek my new writing path.

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