I’m the farmer’s Cato

the farmer has the kids out hunting this morning and I am researching and dreaming up vegetarian meals for the week... I feel like our relationship is a constant plot against one another to me, fall time is a celebration of vegetables... the farmer is ruled by a primal need to stock the freezer with... Continue Reading →

the kitchen island

the kitchen island…  breakfast, after school snack, homework and supper all revolve around it and it has been privy to many a good discussion… the latest involved some deep insights from a 15 year old teenage boy…  he was telling his mother how he saw her… and it was hard for the kitchen island to... Continue Reading →

May long on the farm 

May long... for my neighbours in Saskatoon last night it means midnight fireworks on the golf course... for many farmer's wives it means taking your boy to spring hockey tournaments... for farmers it means seeding (the odd year we are done by May long but not lately... and the odd year there are combines out)...... Continue Reading →

burritos to the field

May is a big month... aside from the small thing called 'seeding' going on, there is spring hockey and baseball to get the kids to...  there is a yard to take care of and a garden to plant...  my birthday and Mother's Day all in the same busy month for the poor farmer to deal... Continue Reading →

seeding meal #7

the boys had to help me get the meal out yesterday... life was busy and I was not home during the crucial hours of 3:30 - 5:30 pm...  but I had laid out the ingredients and had instructed both boys on what their role would be in this process... a few concerns I had...  Ethan... Continue Reading →

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