Category Archives: lambing

A Pandemic Journal

Posted on April 15, 2020 by jazzguitarvt

  It has been more than a month and I have been to town only once, to mail some packages. I live in the country, where the stay-at-home order does not feel so confining, only strange. And sad. To live … Continue reading →

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More Lambs in Winter

Posted on March 14, 2015 by jazzguitarvt

Last year we vowed we would not do this again. No more lambs in dead of winter. Lambing season is traditionally in spring, mostly because it is easier on the farmers. Rams are kept apart from ewes to delay rutting; … Continue reading →

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Lambs in Winter

Posted on March 22, 2014 by jazzguitarvt

It was a freezing cold morning in early January when Art woke me with the news. “We have a lamb,” he said. “Oh, no.” We were afraid of this – we expected the lambs to arrive early this year, but … Continue reading →

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