I made a post yesterday about losing one of my yearling does. I think I mentioned on my Facebook farm page (Van-Goght LaManchas), but not here, that I have seven chocolate brown 2025 LaMancha does who are carbon copies of one another. (Six now, I guess.) They’re a little (a lot!) hard to tell apart,…

Today, I was going to go unpublish everything I’ve shared here. I was going to switch to some sort of photo-heavy, cutesy, baby goat blog that doesn’t make anyone uncomfortable…including me. But I ended up spending the morning trying to save a sick kid instead. A really d*mned good, nice coming yearling. The scrubby ones…

Goat blog, or creative writing outlet? How about both. I’m fascinated by all the people (or bots) screaming on-line that the Guthrie case is just a distraction from Epstein. Are you kidding me? This news coverage feels downright nostalgic. For one, we’re all so sick and tired of political drivel 24/7 that this feels almost…

There are a few typos, misspellings, missing letters, and words in the wrong order throughout. I was once a paid proofreader, so I have no excuse. But I also don’t know how to correct published pages, so… 🤷‍♀️ I am writing these on my phone, and I am so old I can’t see the screen,…

I’ve noticed something somewhat troubling on social media of late. Now that Facebook has monetized accounts, there is a whole lot of manufactured controversy popping up. Why? Because it sells. Or rather, garners clicks. Everybody can get paid for clicks. Suddenly, everybody has to have an opinion. They can get paid for it! And the…

I feel a little vulnerable having shared that story. Although, for all intents and purposes, I’m uncancellable, because I don’t need your approval and I don’t need your business. I’ve just been a participant in social media for too long. I know how it works. I shouldn’t be putting my words out into the world.…

Revisiting yesterday’s topic of biosecurity. I want to talk about the group of CL-positive goats I bought. The year would’ve been, probably, 2005. I did not have LaManchas at the time. I had purchased three purebred Alpine does from a seller dispersing a herd. I hadn’t had goats in several years, but my daughter was…

I’m going to be really transparent here: When I named this blog, THIS type of interaction is the one that ticked me off the most. It’s also the one that fascinates me the most, and I have every intention of doing an educational deep dive on the topic. But not today. I sold a doe…

Damn that RFK, Jr.! Oh, wait, no…that’s not where I was going with this. I’ve seen a topic shared a whole lot on Facebook lately. Now, maybe it’s just because I clicked on one post and read it, and the algorithm works in such a way that I’m being fed more of a topic that…

If my previous post came off as naive, that wasn’t my intention. I’ve spent a lifetime in purebred livestock breeding circles, and I believe, as everyone should, that your goal should be to leave the gene pool better than you found it. Be a breed ambassador. Pursue the standard. Seek perfection. Just don’t look down…