Category Archives: blessings
The Pointer Sister
Posted by iknowyouknowmyheart
Making coffee, watching a thin stream of light from the belly button in the yurt reflect off of the stained French press.
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Posted in blessings, bravery, doin things, farmers, farming, love, privilege, queer, sheep, true stories
Tags: goats, love, newfarmer, queerfarmer, sheep
What the Morning Found
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This morning found twins in the partially constructed barn. One was being licked diligently as she nosed the air towards a warm teet, the other was dead in the muck between Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in blessings, farmers, farming, flash fiction, sheep, short story, true stories
Tags: farmers, flashfiction, katahdinsheep, queerfarmer, ranchhand, sheep
Chalk
Posted by iknowyouknowmyheart
We were on Bainbridge Island visiting the extended family of my sweetheart. We got there after dark, let ourselves in and found a frozen lasagna and a Murder She Wrote marathon.
In the morning the sun rose over a panorama of Seattle and far off mountains that seem covered in more snow then I have seen in several years.
I looked around the room we woke up in and Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in blessings, bravery, divine intervention, doin things, family, luck, queer, the front porch project, true stories, trust
Tags: doin things, flashfiction, myfrontporch, seattle
Chip Away
Posted by iknowyouknowmyheart
He is a collector, finder, gatherer, noticer.
Bright red, hard working, a little bit of spittle always in the corner
A Seat
Posted by iknowyouknowmyheart
“Why do you carry a chair around if you prefer to sit on the ground?” Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in blessings, doin things, inheritance, literary, love, short story
Tags: farmers, flashfiction
My Front Porch 21
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On my front porch the dishes… Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: myfrontporch, queerfarmer
My Front Porch 18
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On my front porch the gardens… Read the rest of this entry →
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My Front Porch 15
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On my front porch everyone… Read the rest of this entry →
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My Front Porch 13
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On my front porch she…
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My Front Porch 6
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On my front porch the heat…
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Tags: thunderstorms
Trout
Posted by iknowyouknowmyheart
The flash across the water was how I knew for sure that I wasn’t wrestling with underwater shrubbery. Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: grief
My Front Porch 5
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On my front porch snow… Read the rest of this entry →
My Front Porch 3
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On my front porch are… Read the rest of this entry →
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Tags: myfrontporch