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thunderstorms, lambs, and old old computers

a beautiful dark day here at the caravan farm, the first damp of the week. clouds rolling in over the hills, smatterings of heavy raindrops, we may be able to light the huge bonfire tonight finally. both the moon and the sun have been dark red from the forest fire smoke all week. there is a chickadee in the rehearsal hall, it seems to gravitate towards the piano. in my mind, at least. and yesterday we flushed a brown owl in the woods, playing snare drum. jamie was playing snare, not the owl.

a new and interesting project on the horizon: i will be performing buffy st. marie’s songs with the cbc radio orchestra next spring. giorgio magnanensi will be writing arrangements, should be a thrilling event. a live concert at the chan centre in vancouver, broadcast on cbc of course. and no, we will not be interpreting “up where we belong”.

nicky is making roast leg of lamb tonight, and we bought mint jelly at the farmer’s market. and here comes the real rain. Continue reading thunderstorms, lambs, and old old computers

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farm life

hello friends, it is me, the grimy farm girl. checking the site on dial-up! we may not have so many fancy pictures and things for the next while. if i could put dust and crickets up here i would. and a picture of the A-frame shack that i’m living in, where it is so quiet at night that i have to put my earplugs in.

thanks to those who pointed out that the sweet video is in fact sweek (a cross between sweet and weak, taken from the p:ano dictionary). but what would life be like without things to wait for? over. it would be over. Continue reading farm life