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She’s Not Kidding
The other day, my friend Malene called to ask if I’d be interested in adopting a goat from her friend, Terry. She said that Terry’s second-to-last goat had died the night before and this left Janie, an eight-year-old Nubian-Saanan mix, all … Continue reading
New Goat Shed? Not Baaaaaaaad!
Goats need a lot of space to run and climb. They climb the most improbable things and they do it without hesitation or concern for what may be awaiting them upon landing. Their utter lack of fear is inspiring and … Continue reading
Teaching Someone to Milk Our Goat
We have a vacation coming up. Used to be, we’d head to Cape Cod for a week every summer for some much-needed time at the beach after spending the rest of the year working inhuman hours at the restaurant. When … Continue reading
Learning to Milk
Milking a goat is not an activity that comes naturally to a human–at least not to this human. It took a couple of days to fall into a rhythm with Cindy and, after all, being milked was a totally new … Continue reading
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