Chewing the Cud

  • Farm Kid Day!

    March 12, 2012 JustLiving Farm She moved around slowly.  Very slowly.  Every doe in the herd except her had kidded.  I had thought she would kid two days earlier and I think she thought the same, but so far, nothing.  When I arrived at the barn she moved up to the gate.  The gate led…

  • Playing With Our Future

    March 9, 2012 My Future There is a misnomer that an after-school program like My Future only occurs after school.  Sure, the program hours are mostly after school, but time put in by staff happens at all hours and that time is not only about after school. For instance, the Small Schools Band Festival occurred…

  • Breakfast

    March 8, 2012 JustLiving Farm © David B. Bell 2012

  • Just Kidding

    March 4, 2012 JustLiving Farm The birth of this season’s first two kids reminds me, creation keeps on keeping on and the slower living winter gifts us with is on its last legs.  As each kid emerges into an existence we all too often take for granted, we are called to gear up another notch. …

  • Getting More from Fluid Absolutes

    March 2, 2012 My Future We expect a lot out of art.  Sometimes we get more. We call the time we get together during after-school hours an extended learning opportunity.  However, we seldom if ever ask youth to do their homework, get a math book out, or read a book.  Rather, we insist on engaging…