I did not grow up on a farm. I didn’t learn from the time I could walk—as my husband John did—how animals act or how to drive a tractor or which plants and animals to expect in each of the seasons. I have a tough time identifying trees and birds, and still think the coyotes are right next to the house when the howl at night even when they are far away.
Beth I love these weekly meditations and the experiences you share from life on the farm. I have been learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable....for years...decades maybe. Sometimes it’s being uncomfortable with change, new learning, lack of mastery....sometimes it’s being uncomfortable with lack of control, the unknown. It’s an ongoing work in progress. What a great reminder to see how it bubbles up for you as you care for the farm and all its many critters.
Thanks for the reminder to do a self check in and see my own growth and opportunity.
Thanks for showing me something I never considered. Some of the things you mentioned are things I take for granted. I forget that not everyone knows what a cow will do when a fence is down or what weaning season is like. I sometimes feel that I was born knowing these things. I never considered what it would be like to not instinctively know. Nice way to show us another point of view.
I'm learning, of all things, how to play the Ukulele. I know -- not quite as challenging as caring for living being! But creating music every single night gives me so much joy, and relaxes me in ways that nothing else (besides wine) has ever done!
More stories on how you ended up in iowa on the farm please. Future meditation?
Beth I love these weekly meditations and the experiences you share from life on the farm. I have been learning how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable....for years...decades maybe. Sometimes it’s being uncomfortable with change, new learning, lack of mastery....sometimes it’s being uncomfortable with lack of control, the unknown. It’s an ongoing work in progress. What a great reminder to see how it bubbles up for you as you care for the farm and all its many critters.
Thanks for the reminder to do a self check in and see my own growth and opportunity.
Thank you, Beth.
Thanks for showing me something I never considered. Some of the things you mentioned are things I take for granted. I forget that not everyone knows what a cow will do when a fence is down or what weaning season is like. I sometimes feel that I was born knowing these things. I never considered what it would be like to not instinctively know. Nice way to show us another point of view.
Ah, I wish I knew these things as you do! Thanks for reading.
It's pretty rare to find both sides of a deer's antlers. Your creek bed must be a bedding area where he hangs out a lot. Lucky day for you!
I misspoke - just one rack, not two!! Just another thing I did not know - that a "set" is two. But lucky all the same.
I'm learning, of all things, how to play the Ukulele. I know -- not quite as challenging as caring for living being! But creating music every single night gives me so much joy, and relaxes me in ways that nothing else (besides wine) has ever done!
The ukulele! How fun. I tried playing the guitar for several years and never could get the knack. Maybe the ukulele...