“Life will always be sorrowful.

We can’t change it, but we can

change our attitude toward it___”

– Joseph Campbell, Reflections on the Art of Living.

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We have a wonderful furrier; the donkeys love him, and when donkeys don’t love something, watch out. We spray the Pole Barn with wood chips to tamp down the smell of sheep.

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The donkeys get their feet trimmed twice, sometimes three times in a year. They love Matt so much they stand still for him. This is one of those rituals we love; they remind us of why we are here. Matt, our farrier, says Lulu and Fanny are the nicest donkeys he has ever seen.

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Maria is half way to stacking the two cords we just got for our wood stoves. This will be all that we need for the winter; she is doing her Meditation while lifting the logs and putting them up and loves it. I certainly married well.

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We are getting 30 bales of first-cut hay for the winter, 10 bales of second-cut.

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Zip does his morning grooming under the apple tree. He takes it seriousluy.

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Shores dun.

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I give thanks for the wonderful sky this morning. I give thanks we live in a place where we can see it. I say more rain today.