Mar 7, 2013 | Learning, Musings
The morning started out with an extended yoga session which was excellent. Going to yoga classes twice a day has been a great perk of this experience. It gives me an opportunity to revel in my own physicality and understand my own body both physically and mentally...
Mar 6, 2013 | Learning, Musings
The morning began with clearing away of old pasto (grass) in the goat pen and replenishing it with fresh food. I find it very intriguing that the goats like to urinate and defecate in their food. There’s another tub there for waste, but for one reason or another...
Mar 5, 2013 | Learning, Musings
Today was my day off of working on the farm so I spent most of my time working on this blog, catching up on emails and having conversations with people. It has been raining all day today and continues to do so currently and has been unseasonably chilly. I wasn’t...
Mar 4, 2013 | Learning, Musings
Sunday is the day of rest, not on the farm though and certainly not in the tourism world. It was, however, a more relaxed day of work today and everything was moving a little bit slower today. In the morning, I was supposed to go and clean up the cerdero (pig pen) but...
Mar 3, 2013 | Learning, Musings
I was relieved of lecheria and have not been shoveling poop or compost the past two days. I’ve spending my days working in la huerta (vegetable garden) and in el jardin (garden). In the huerta, Abilio taught me how to prepare a bed of land so it’s ready...
Mar 1, 2013 | Learning, Musings
Today started out with more shoveling and cleaning of the cow poop. Beto wasn’t here today though so I shoveled and hosed down everything. I finished shoveling everything out and heard the goat’s calling so I figured they were hungry. I went and emptied the old grass...
