Well, it looks like summer time is upon us here in old Patagonia. I’ve always felt like summer belongs to the locals. The rain, thunder, and lightning are our reward for a year of hard work. We earn the smell of wet dirt and green grass. The summer brings the nightly concerts of crickets and bull frogs and the promise of those cool summer nights.
Cassina Farley
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Jus’ Volunteering My Thoughts
It’s Saturday morning, and I’m sitting on the ground, looking up at the sky, noticing the Mickey Mouse shaped clouds. Man, am I glad it’s cloudy today. I’m tired and starting to get sore from shoveling dirt with a bunch of men, one of whom I’m sure is hung over. We are moving dirt for […]
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Drug Store Sirens
My 38th birthday (gasp) happened back in June, and it’s taken me until now to come to terms with it. I couldn’t stop it. But I look at my bathroom counter and realize I sure did give it a good try. For crying out loud I own a cream or potion for just about every […]
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Bullies Beware
It’s hard to believe, but I had a bully. It started around the eighth grade after a hotly contested student council election that I won. I, being only mildly popular in school, had the audacity to run against the super popular girl. No one thought I could win, but I did, and man was she […]
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We Are Not Alone
Zach has one of those “tell me everything” kind of faces. Folks all over have a tendency to tell him some pretty intimate details for no reason other than, I guess, he’s a good listener. The conversation he had with a local fellow the other day affects all of us, so listen up. Apparently we […]
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Thanks for the Laughs
With Thanksgiving over and Christmas fast approaching, I sit here in awe that yet another year has sped on by. It has been a trying year for me personally but I am quickly humbled by people who have had much greater challenges, and I continue to move forward. The bottom line is, we are all […]
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A Nowhere Man and Whiskey Girl Kind of Love
The one thing that struck me was how these musicians looked at each other when they played. They were so very much in love. The news of their tragic deaths hit me in the heart.
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Too Much Goin’ On
I took a handful of dog pills the other day- but only because I was distracted. How could this happen? Simple. I am a volunteer-a-holic. I am on the board of the PRT, the Community Garden, KPUP and the Creative Arts Association. I work two jobs, sometimes three if you count the family farm. I […]
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A Near Death Experience
Ahhhhh monsoon season. I love the rain. I like the green hillsides and croaking frogs—the storms that break out in the middle of the night with heavy rain, gale-force winds and lightning, not so much.