On Calves and Cabbages

Me with my prized Brugmansia plants, who are still blooming after surviving several frosts!

Hello Friends, 

It has been two weeks since I last posted in the wake of the uproar of the election insanity which has gripped our country. In the intervening time the news hasn’t gotten any better. I don’t want to contribute to the doom scrolling and the fear (which is the principle weapon of the Tyrant), so I’m going to talk about other things with this week’s content. But I reiterate my support of the oppressed and marginalized. My wand, my athame, and my pen, and my heart are at your service. 

My time, however, has been taken up with the most Earthly of concerns, namely harvesting cabbages and rounding up calves. The weather here in Kentucky has finally turned rainy and the cold is on its way. The drought dried up our pastures and we have been feeding our too large (for our land) herd of cattle our limited supply of winter hay since August and are now running out. So this week found me trudgi…