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so small.    so perfect a representation of its pepperness.   a surge of love for this.   And then i think…..born to be eaten.   O.   destined for stir fry.   O.   and it all becomes more complicated.  

We,   Jenny,  Alyssia,  Emrie and I got a brand new pad and wrote a list to be ticked off.   Fire Season,  2022.   We sprayed WD 40 into the hitch thingys of the Goat Boat and the Horse Trailer.  Tried them out.   Put the heavy hammer and correct tire irons in place.   A tire on the horse trailer is low.  noted.  The wires for the tail lights of the Goat Boat have been chewed through.  Replace.  Note.  Talkie's crate brought down.  Puppie's   carrier  that i cleaned a while ago put in place.        We looked long and long at ideas how to capture  Jack Flash….finish his capture pen….and then Nogal….create a new capture pen this year.  Make it as easy and efficient as possible.   Remembering and Recounting the last evac.   How long it took to get Nogal loaded and how little time we had.   How the roads were cut off and Alyssia cheated and came in the back way skirting the Sheriff's deputies.  In the 20 minutes it takes for Jenny's man to get here from Chico,  he could not  get  through.       As we talked,  looking out at him in his great forest,  he hid.   Almost disappeared.   When ordinarily he will come to the fence drooling for his tortilla chips,  he hid.  in a tangle of downed tree trunks…again….almost invisible …..and watched us.   It is so amazing how sensitive and psychic Goats are about….INTENTION.   Emrie listens  to all of this.  All the conversation.   She is like a sponge.  similarly sensitive and psychic.

and then

Sunny Ray.   He needs to be set free from his recuperation in the Curry House.     No longer needs  bandages on his leg,  just the fly off stuff,   he is restless and CONFINED.   There is concern.   Part of his forest is a steep  slope and his leg isn't what it was.  May never be.   What to do?  and How to do it.  reFencing.

a Big Day.  

and amidst and between all that,    we sort through the world.    Ukraine and Buffalo

 

 

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11 responses to “dear one….the first.”

  1. Liz A Avatar

    stir fry is such a satisfying meal … a true “more is more” kind of making
    here’s hoping all your preparations remain just that and are not needed this year … although the wildfires already burning make it clear that being ready is so very necessary

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  2. jude Avatar

    a lot to sort through. More than ever it seems.

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  3. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Plans always an A but always a B maybe a C.. mice love to chew wires.. some sort of soy based wire coating… might ask if they recommend a deterrent to rub on them..

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  4. CatherinE Avatar

    Somehow I am comforted – both by your careful preparations and your sorting through the world.

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  5. grace Forrest Avatar

    there is peace in being prepared. Every time, we get better at least in the planning. Goats are Goats.
    I have begun addicting Karma to tortilla chips. Today is
    day two and i already see a result…she came
    and stood nearby
    Progress. Last Evac we had to leave her and Jack Flash

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    it is. WAY more than i ever imagined it could be.

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s the Goats….they just do it. We need to cover them
    like with a grocery bag even. wrap it and tie. might work.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    i’m glad, CatherinE…like i am comforted by your bog and biome in Maine…
    we comfort Each Other by how we BE. how we take Care

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  9. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    Ha! Maybe a cayenne spray like for deer?

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    goats don’t mind cayenne

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