Author Archives: Letty

“Farming is a profession of hope.”    -Brian Brett When I was a kid, there was a horse at the barn named “If It”.  Apparently he was bought off the track and looked pretty rough when he came in.  Someone … Continue reading →

Look back at our struggle for freedom, Trace our present day’s strength to it’s source; And you’ll find that man’s pathway to glory Is strewn with the bones of the horse. ~Author Unknown   I think I’ve sent this quote … Continue reading →

“Our life fritted away by detail.  Simplify.  Simplify.” -Henry David Thoreau This is a picture of Circle S Hash – recipe sent out last week.  What a simple way to enjoy roots – grate and stir fry in EVOO – … Continue reading →

I am testing this post to see if it will show up on our Circle S Farm page instead of Curtis’s personal page.

“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children”.         John James Audubon Hay season again and I am glad to be mostly finished. … Continue reading →

“If you don’t hear the crows of the roosters in the mornings, you are one cursed city fellow!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan Ok one rooster, good, 4 roosters, bad. It is hard for a common person like me to tell a … Continue reading →

“Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.” ― Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems Curtis’s father passed away last Sunday after a long illness with Alzheimers.  It has … Continue reading →

“It was true that Blue was just shy of five feet and it was also true that she hadn’t eaten her greens, but she’d done the research and she didn’t think the two were related.” ― Maggie Stiefvater, Blue Lily, … Continue reading →

“A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor … Continue reading →

“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” L. Frank Baum This year is full of new beginnings.  We are settled into our new cabin and we are excited about a full season in Cloudland this year!!  The … Continue reading →