Yesterday I visited the New Mexico state fair, the first one I’ve been to since I was a kid. It was amazingly familiar – booths selling funnel cakes, crappy toys, overpriced cowboy hats; the noisy kids’ rides; the smell of hay and poop wafting out of the livestock showrooms. My favorite thing, and what I [...]
While I was helping at the Earth Mountain farmer’s market stand, I had a chance to meet some of the other vendors. One of them was Cynthia Cronan of the Capra Collina goat dairy. Their booth held samples of some amazing fresh cheeses, and we got to talking about our respective love for all things [...]
Basically, it burned.
Since last I wrote, I’ve moved around a bit. I got inspired to keep traveling while I have the chance, and found Earth Mountain Farm in southeastern Colorado to visit. I’ve been there for the past two weeks or so, living completely off the grid in a handmade tipi. This has been quite an experience [...]
During the past 3 weeks I’ve gotten intimately acquainted with goat teats. There’s a handful of Nubian and LaMancha dairy goats here that get milked twice a day, and I’ve been helping out. It was a little weird at first – the goats seem to know when you’re new and nervous, and give you a [...]