by Daisy | Jul 18, 2014 | Drama, Fencepost
Transformers fall into the category of necessary evil. How else to describe something which makes it possible for us to power our homes yet sometimes explodes, leaks, catches fire, and spills toxic chemicals? This is not only the case for those transformers located...
by Daisy | Jul 16, 2014 | Drama, Fencepost
Back in April, during a thunderstorm, lightning apparently struck the electrical transformer in our yard. I didn’t even know transformers contained oil. The smell was the first clue; a strong petroleum odor. Then I saw the oil sheen on the puddles of rainwater....
by Daisy | Apr 30, 2014 | Drama, Fencepost
I feel bad to be shedding tears over this when there is so much truly wrong in the world, but I admit, I have cried over this. Big fat messy tears. I have wondered if I can ever garden this piece of land again, if my loved-to-distraction gardens, the very basis of my...
by Daisy | Apr 27, 2014 | Drama, Fencepost
As I sat on my porch this afternoon I was startled out of my chair by the pairing of a clap of thunder and the crackling boom as the transformer on a pole 20 yards away exploded. From the corner of my eye, I saw the flash, and the general impression of things going...
by Ivory Soap | Jan 1, 2013 | Drama, Fencepost
I had a *phobia* of dead things. See last paragraph in this post. And lately, my husband has been bringing home trout. All of my kids can gut the fish, but I hide in the bedroom and get hot all over if they even talk about it. So, the next time they did it,...
by Ivory Soap | Jan 14, 2012 | Drama, Fencepost
In the three years that I’ve had the goats, I’ve never had to take them to a vet for shots or anything. But, yesterday my husband texted me Sylvie foaming at the mouth and looks like hell. I called my trusty goat advisor and she said it was likely...
