Comments on: Til the Cows Come Home

By: First Fruits - Properties of Light

First Fruits - Properties of Light — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:01:57 +0000

[…] slim and smooth sided and hung heavy with fruit. Dad planted those trees during the time when he first seriously considered selling the milk cows. By the time the two-year-old and one-year-old and one-summer-old trees begin to bear, he will have […]

By: lucindaj

lucindaj — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 21:52:50 +0000

In reply to marianbeaman. Thank you for the good wishes, Marian. I appreciate that! I'm sorry for the difficulty over the notifications. I am sure more than just you have been having difficulty. I am not fretting, but I am working on the problem. :) It's just taking a while.

By: marianbeaman

marianbeaman — Sun, 09 Apr 2017 20:28:17 +0000

What an ode to the rhythms of life and family and writing. Though you feel ambivalent about the big change, your parents no doubt have kept healthy all these years with such an active lifestyle. And with the smell of manure to clean out their sinuses!

I still don’t get your blog notifications, but when I see your Gravatar, I check in over here. Please don’t fret over this. I’ve had my hands full with my own blog problems and understand how hard it is to solve bugs with notification.

Here’s hoping for a wowza book launch this summer, Lucinda!

By: Lucinda J

Lucinda J — Sat, 08 Apr 2017 21:45:36 +0000

In reply to www.homejoys.blogspot.com. I like it that we have similarities with our families, Gina. In more ways than one.

By: www.homejoys.blogspot.com

www.homejoys.blogspot.com — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:32:55 +0000

My parents are facing changes this winter too. They are selling the dairy farm to my brother. Last month they left the farm house to move into the ranch house on the corner of the farm. They are still close by, and, for now, Dad is still milking cows, but they aren’t living in my childhood home. I’m excited for them. Mom is enjoying her smaller house. My parents are slowing down too and I’m glad they will have more time for grandchildren. But I agree with you that it is still a little sad. I can’t scroll back the years and return to my young and energetic parents any easier than I can return to my teen years. And I want to embrace the changes with joy.
Thanks for your insights.
Gina

By: lucindaj

lucindaj — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:17:41 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. Yes. It is an exciting time. I am glad Dad still has the steers, because that's not such a big change, and he still has chores to do. And the apple trees too. Still outdoors, still out in the earth and animals and sky. When farming has been a part of your entire life, it is hard to leave that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 11:35:19 +0000

It is a sad day. My girls so wanted to sell ours but when the time came for them to leave, it was a sad day indeed. For me milking cows is/was my first love, but life moves on and I knew it wasn’t going to be forever. What an exciting time in life for your folks, a new phase in life.

By: Sheri Wiebe

Sheri Wiebe — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 01:19:00 +0000

Cows still live here.

By: KL

KL — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 00:40:26 +0000

Definitely bitter sweet. I’m glad for your folks sake! But wow! Seems unfathomable! It’s hard for me to imagine.
Blessings!