Allright, so I’m not really complaining. I am after all writing this from on board a 50′ catamaran in the BVI. My problem is that my fancy schmancy new USB modem for my laptop got plugged in last night when we first arrived and then promptly seemed to die. While I’m not too bad at…
I hope that everyone who celebrates this holiday has a wonderful time with family and friends, whether your celebrations are big and raucous, small peaceful and reverent, or somewhere in between. For those of you of different faiths: may the proverbial Chinese restaurants and movie theaters be as empty as they are rumored to be,…
…there was chaos. I will grant that the current holiday excess is nothing compared to what it used to be. It seems to be a law of modern American parenthood that the smaller the child, the more out-of-control their parents and (especially) their grandparents behave on December 25th. Particularly with regards to anything made of…
You may have noticed a decided lack of alpaca related content over the past several days. There has of course been the usual pre-Christmas craziness, compounded more than anything by the fact that we take off for 10 days on the 26th. Though the farm will be fully staffed in our absence, we can’t really…
I guess the libidos of our Herdsires are pretty healthy when they can look at a group of grumpy, recalcitrant females on a 10 degree December day and still go charging into the pen as though it’s the greatest thing in the world. Oh, to be a male alpaca. ”Cold, what cold? I’ve got crias…
Let’s face it: nothing says “Merry Christmas” like having a Japanese hibachi chef chuck a piece of raw zucchini at your head. Last night was the 2010 addition of the farm’s Christmas party and for the 5th year running we took the 20-strong extended CCNF family to Koto Steakhouse in West Lebanon, NH. For my…
