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,…
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…
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…
Sorry not to have posted anything for the past few days. It’s been a crazy 96 hours or so and we’re just getting started! As it turned out, my snarky comments about possibly unloading at last weekend’s Green Mountain show in the middle of a Nor’easter proved to be more accurate than I really could…
I would like to observe that even the best hotel beds in the world fail to live up to that which I find at home. Add in lumpy pillows and noisy air conditioning and you’ve got a winning combination. That is one of the major factors (along with missing my family, obviously) that motivated me…
Our farm is located geographically in an area of nearly unmatched beauty. We are surrounded by almost as much wilderness as it is possible to be without feeling disconnected from the outside world altogether. Things feel balanced here. Admittedly the advent of broadband internet access and satellite TV obviously play no small part in that…
