Kelly Moravec

Resources for the Writers Retreat A friend recommended the book "The Art of Gathering" to me when we were discussing my desire to host retreats. The author of the book, Priya Parker, brings the reader through a journey of discovery about how to meet better. I found a lot of great information to mull over. For a fun comparison, I skimmed through two old books on our shelves: "Your Home and You: Unit Course in Home Economics" by Carlotta C. Greer, published in 1942; and "Esquire's Handbook for...

Sheep with goldenrod. I have realized a dream I have had for a long time: Getting sheep! I am super proud of this achievement. I have worked hard and my milestones are being checked off one by one. 35 days after I organized into an LLC, I expanded my chicken flock. 76 days into being Flocksadaisy Farm LLC, I got 6 beautiful ewes. Before I could bring sheep to the farm, I needed to coordinate the removal of fencing, construction of a new exterior and interior fence, the installation of a deep...

Little's egg surrounded by Big Lady eggs The chicks are are no longer chicks and they are no longer even pullets! They are hens! At least two, possibly three, have produced wee little eggs. I knew these chicks grew faster than any of our previous generations, and they hit this milestone faster as well. To the best of my calculations, the first group of chicks we raised took 158-169 days to lay their first egg. The second group of chicks took 137-141 days, and the third took 144-150 days. The...