As found in the June 2026 issue of Colorado Serenity Online. A lot of folks ask me about alpacas in general, but the most interest is always around shearing day. How often do you shear? Do you do it yourselves? Does it hurt the alpacas? Can we come watch? Do they spit? Do they kick?[…]
Random Thoughts on a Monday You guessed it, this is one of those months where I am plumb stumped for a column topic. I’ve been noodling it for days and coming up absolutely blank. I just spent 45 minutes writing 3 horribly boring paragraphs about how Facebook is always listening – and it is –[…]
The Grand Purge Project, and How Do You Spot the Breeders? I was talking with my friend, Nancy, the other day and mentioned we had just had the dumpster delivered for our Love It or Lose It project. I told her this is a project we’ve done every time we moved but we somehow seem[…]
Random Signs of Spring – Farm Edition I absolutely love spring. Days starting to warm, some years lucky enough to get rain instead of snow, everything greening up. The smell of sap rising and mushroom spores. Happy little dandelions. I start dreaming of flowers and what annuals I’ll plant this year. For the last several[…]
As found in the March 2025 issue of Colorado Serenity Online. We live on South Turkey Creek Road so, as you can imagine, there might be a wild turkey or two roaming around. Ok, maybe 50 at last count. And while they are rumored to be among the smartest of birds, the fact that they[…]
Thai Shrimp Bites (makes 24) Ingredients: 1 pound raw shrimp, peeled and deveined1 lime, juiced1 chili pepper (Thai or Jalapeno), seeded and sliced into large pieces1 bunch cilantro2 Tbs coconut oil1 Tbs curry powder2 Cucumbers (or one large English), peeled and sliced into 24 medium slices (these are the base)1 bunch mint leaves1 bunch basil[…]
As found in the December 2024 issue of Colorado Serenity Online. There’s a new addition here at the farm. We had started thinking about adding a livestock guardian male puppy in May when we almost lost Moses to a health episode. Moses is a 13 ½ year old Anatolian Shepherd, and if it was his[…]
Go? Wait? Evacuate? And Life with Mannerless Alpacas Living up here for over 33 years and having livestock for the last 21 years, we’re no strangers to fire danger and the potential for evacuation. We’ve been on pre-evacuation status many times, but never felt the potential danger close enough to evacuate the alpacas until the[…]
The Choice of Happiness – Revisited I first wrote about this top in March of 2021, but it’s just so appropriate right this minute that I felt the need to share it again with some updates. You know how the universe has a way of putting things and ideas and people in your path to[…]
Mexican or BBQ Meat Muffins Preheat oven to 425. Grease a 6 serving muffin tin if metal (I use a stoneware one so no greasing necessary). Ingredients: 1 ¼ pound lean ground beef 1 egg, lightly beaten ¼ cup CHUNKY salsa plus 6 spoonfuls ¼ cup dry breadcrumbs ½ cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese plus[…]
