The Mother Ranch Blog

4 Baby Goats Were Born the Night of March 10th!

Mar 13, 2020

After this upsetting news, let's move on to baby goats! The last you knew, we were here, talking about the possibility of babies being born the night of Tuesday, March 10th—which seems like...

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Special Notice: The Mother Ranch Closing March 12th—April 10th

Mar 12, 2020

After careful consideration, I have decided to make the difficult choice of closing the ranch from March 12th—April 10th due to ongoing concerns related to the coronavirus.

I have been...

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Will Baby Goats Be Born Tonight?

Mar 10, 2020

Gigi and Alaska are showing all the signs and they are at exactly 145 days (gestation is 145-150 days) today! They've been stretching and yawning, pacing, distancing themselves from others, lying...

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How We Are Protecting You (and us!) During the Flu Season

Mar 10, 2020

For neurofeedback or art workshops/open studios, during the flu season we ask that you:

•If you are sick, with ANYTHING, please cancel your appointment, you will not be charged. If you can't...

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Sacrificing

Mar 10, 2020

I’m very aware (again) of how I often I don’t take into account my own wants or needs, not for the important stuff anyway. Anyone who knows me, knows I’m upfront and out loud...

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On Being a California Sunbaby and the Sun Damage at 50

Mar 09, 2020

My brother Michael and I, August, my 50th birthday. The scary issue is the tiny brown spot under my left eye (as you're looking at the pic), on my cheekbone. It's about the size of two pen dots.

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22 Years Ago Today...

Mar 07, 2020

We met at a whitewater kayaking roll session. His first memory of me was me laughing my head off in the pool. My first memory of him was at the Mexican restaurant we would go to after, he was like...

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Lambing Season—Not For the Faint of Heart

Mar 04, 2020

Laura Longtail's boy/girl twins, born a week ago.

In a week's time, we had three sets of boy/girl twins, lovely!

Brad was out working on the birthing center this Saturday when he heard the low...

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Lemons to Lemonade, my life in a short comic strip

Mar 04, 2020

I've never drawn anything as a comic but decided to give it a try—to be brave, move forward, out of my perfectionism, and into exploration and play. Sometimes play is hard!

This is about a...

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A Little Self Portrait

Mar 03, 2020

On Valentine's Day I was journaling and the idea for this came to me. I thought it would be fun to use it with my signature at the bottom of blog posts.

I want to keep showing you how ideas morph...

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