This past winter I discovered that recording podcasts is the perfect activity for during power outages. My voice recorder is battery-powered, the woodstove kept me warm, and recording doesn’t require any light. But one unintended consequence of this winter’s multiple storms was that I wound up with a back-log of podcasts that I didn’t get a chance to edit. No sooner did the storm end than I’d be cleaning up the snow and doing the work I couldn’t do when the power was out.
Now that the weather has calmed down a bit, I’m playing catch-up. But what better time to ponder the relationship between humans and livestock than in the spring when the sight of healthy lambs, calves, chicks, and ducklings exploring their worlds makes all but the most curmudgeonly smile?
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I recently saw a group of ducklings following their mamma one by one down a bank into the river near my house. Amazing to watch and a sure sign that Spring is here.