Goat Farm

Fur and Milk and Happiness

Friends,

It’s first on the list. Down the road a few miles from our place, the farm’s the most requested place to visit when the grands come.

And so we go—to mingle with Ashton and Ryan, their children, and Beanblossom Acres’ hundreds of goats.

This time, the day was PNW November dreary, the air chill. But inside the barn?

Goat happiness.

Where the welcome’s real.

and so warm-hearted.

From people and creatures alike.

Where the grands can help milk.

And where the billy pees on his beard to attract the ladies.

Makes you laugh just to think about all that.

And laugh at ourselves, equally absurd.

But oh, so loved.

And named.

Goat names aren’t quite the same as the new names God gives us, but the grands offered suggestions for the coming season’s new kids, growing in pens . . .

and wombs.

While milkers stood in the stanchions, Ashton spread a belly with goo, pressed an ultrasound wand, and showed our kids’ kids the infant kids, growing in their short-bred mamas, their baby hearts beating in those caprines within weeks of breeding.

Holy. Holy. Fall to your knees at the wonder.

Then . . . before we drove off . . . a barn cat sendoff.

Until next time.

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Love you all, dear friends. God’s sweet blessing on your Christmas. Whether you’re surrounded by people, or alone with our Lord, may your hearts be full and hopeful because He lives.

I’ll be back with you on January 4 with news on an embryonic NIP (novel-in-progress), and we’ll begin the year together as another sort of kidding begins around here in earnest.

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Meanwhile, please forgive any strange typos in this letter. My spell-checker makes me say things I didn’t Nintendo.

So warmly,

Cheryl

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