Quitting my TV news career has come with many benefits but perhaps none as important as how it has affected my ability to parent. My relationship with the Producer would have consisted of about an hour in the morning (stressed about what I’d cover that day) and an hour at night (still stressed about what went wrong with my report that day). I’ve started “Hold On to Your Kids” by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté and I highly recommend it. They describe the era since World War II as one where peers have taken over the role of parenting, calling it “peer orientation”. They write, “Orientation, the drive to get one’s bearings and become acquainted with one’s surroundings, is a fundamental human instinct and need. Disorientation is one of the least bearable of all psychological experiences. Attachment and orientation are inextricably intertwined. Humans and other creatures automatically orient themselves by seeking cues from those to whom they are attached.” This has also got me thinking about my pressing question about why so many journalists prefer group think over curiosity. Are we adults also suffering from “peer orientation”?
I discovered that our mini Nubian goat, Sundae, had a tick on her teat while milking her yesterday. Thankfully Lynn had to pull a few off himself in combat with unique tricks and we successfully recovered the tick, head intact.
COD LIVER/BUTTER OIL (Promo code "Alison" for 10% off):
https://www.greenpasture.org/
MAKE-UP / SKIN CARE (Promo code "Alison" for 10% off):
https://formlessbeauty.com/
Carla our Easter Egger is the most patient chicken ever, and the best kid chicken I’ve ever seen!
Remember how I survived that one day of farming in frigid Florida winter?
I don’t either.
The cold front, or “winter” as it’s called everywhere else, is over for now in Florida. After temperatures dropping in the 20s, we are back to high 70s & the beach. I still remember numb fingers while milking goats, wearing 4 layers to feed chickens, and seeing my breath. My sun-hat is off to those farming up north, just beginning to hunker down in the cold. One of the reasons we moved back to Florida from Washington state is that we like living in the country and raising animals, but I grew up in Florida so my tolerance for cold is low. Dealing with frozen water troughs, bursting pipes, numb toes - it’s just not my forté. My insulated overalls are back in the closet, waiting for a few more opportunities to work before spring break.
Many of you may already know this but Nate the Lawyer is in surgery right now to remove a brain tumor he never knew he had until this past weekend. Please hold him and his medical team in your prayers. There is an effort underway to get his YouTube channel to 1 Million subscribers before he wakes up. If you’d like to sub, here is his link. I met Nate when he only had 40,000 subs back during the crosshairs of YouTube censorship. I have always found him to be kind and genuine in a world that often rewards neither.
https://youtube.com/@natethelawyer?si=THI1UV4wj16A8BTs
Here is another example of the news media trying to push a narrative based off of limited information and knowledge. This is a farm in Northern IL that sells raw milk and other items from their farm and surrounding farms. Maybe someone good for you to interview, @AlisonMorrow https://allgrassfarms.com/blogs/farm-news/no-turkey-shortage-sample-wild-caught-salmon-sunday-beef-restock
