Kathy Brasby Blog
Dad’s perfect gift
I remember the Christmas where Mom found the perfect gift for Dad. It was so perfect that he got two of: the one Mom bought and the one he bought five days before Christmas. As Mom put it, “He can just have two of them then.” She wasn’t smiling when she said it. That...
Mutton Bustin’
The cowboys, with their sleek horses, found lassoes and saddles fall flat when dealing with sheep. We were at the county fair where the sheep had done their duty for the mutton busting contest, which featured the preschoolers riding sheep with helmets and...
Maybe it is
Sometimes a mom needs to re-examine the smart remarks when the kids get older. Here's what I mean: Few things torque a tall teenage boy more than having to slide his long legs into a cramped front seat of a car. Or so it seemed when my son, all 6’1” of him, stuffed...
Chuck’s dilemma
Some jobs just don’t fit some people. Chuck’s crew had one of those projects where the construction happened on one side of a canal and the electrical power was on the other side. So Chuck was handed the 100-foot extension cord and instructed to get it hooked into the...
Goats in love, part 2
Last week I wrote about Goats in Love but it was only part one. Story number two may top it. Rocket, our daddy buck, spent a lot of time alone pining for his girlfriend. Now the girlfriend varied from week to week, but Rocket was always ready. Rocket's pad also...
Goats in love
I’ve decided to declare this time as Valentine’s season for goats because, well, if you have to ask you may not understand. Of late, I’ve been seeing these adorable YouTube videos of baby goats cavorting with great joy. If you've seen those, your appetite may...
Unfathomable
This is not another of those cute cat stories that make the Facebook rounds, largely because I think cats are as unfathomable as two-year-olds. Or teenagers. Clara the cat joined our family as the responsibility of our teenage son. Somehow the connection seemed...
The Sherwood twins
It’s taken an amazing amount of time for me to realize that my sister is my twin. There are eight years and two brothers between us - which explains why this took me so long to figure out. I overlooked the more obvious: we’re the same height and our eyes are the same...
Lord Scooter
After we moved onto our first little farm, we went shopping for a dog. Every farm needs a dog. Lord Scooter of Fairfield was our pick - a registered Cocker Spaniel offered free by the breeder because he was the last one left in the litter and she needed him to go to a...