An underrated skill

Remember when you were in high school and your teachers and parents would get on you if you procrastinated on a big paper?  OK, so perhaps you were so well organized as well as a goody-goody that that never actually happened to you, in which case good for you. Gold star on your forehead and…

Rinsing the dust out

We both looked at each other gleefully this morning when we heard the patter of rain on our roof. Nothing can kill the appearance of a great alpaca fleece after all like days of dry weather combined with a good dust bath these critters like to give themselves. So it was that after tending to…

Getting our trans fat on

So by my calculations when we call it quits for the year in early November, our 2011 show season will have conservatively added up to some 21 days away from home. That’s 21 days either at shows themselves or traveling to or from them. As anyone that spends much time away from the comforts of…