Today we transported three béliers (rams) from one of the barns to the other. Before embarking on this journey, we placed the rams in a seated position (imagine a slumping teenager eating cereal on the couch watching television) and then clipped their nails. The nails are clipped twice a year and grow incredibly fast. Tomorrow …
Day 2: 30 Days of Animals
Day #2 from Challenge #1: 30 days of animals. Check it out here. This is my favorite petit agneau on the sheep farm I am currently WWOOFing at. I name him moo moo. His mum doesn't produce any milk for him, so I feed him and his friend twice a day from a bottle. When …
30 days of Animals
Today I watched as a farmer stirred his tea with a giant cheese knife the size of his head at the market. On the subject of sharp stuff, today I embark on the first 30 day challenge on chapstick (this blog) and I invite you to join me. Doing what? Sharpening our drawing skills! The challenge: Every …
An Old Man and a Candle
Working at the Llama I lived in constant fear of a few things. First, that my dress was see-through. Quite rational fear, I believe. Especially when you forget to pack a bra and have to make a makeshift one out of scotch tape in the bathroom. Second, that I would not recognize an important person …
Week 1: Surviving on Sheep Farm in France
My first word was “bouteille,” French for bottle. Every night, or rather, multiple times per day, my French mother would fill up bottles full of soy milk for me to drink (this being, of course, before research was done potentially linking excessive soy milk consumption to breast cancer and a slower mind). It’s okay, I …
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The Norwegian Air Shuttle to the Twilight Zone
A balding man with a long ginger(ish) beard sits next to his Russian wife who is twice his height. They are conversing with a blond woman and her mother, who sports a leopard print t-shirt. “This must be a hoax,” the bearded man says, slight amusement in his voice. Beyond them stand 400 exhausted passengers …
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