Archive - Slowdown Farmstead

here for it all

whether I want to be or not

Oct 13, 2021

Godspeed, Loyal Heart

We never had a dog when I was a kid.

Jul 17, 2024

how's things (now)?

It’s been a few months since I’ve checked in and I thought it high time to do so. Since we last chatted on the initial “how’s things” discussion…

Jan 26, 2022

hello, sweet geese

hello, dear humans

Apr 20, 2024

on questioning the "experts"

our experience with misdiagnosis & PANDAS

Apr 6, 2022

I was at a bereavement group meeting a few days ago with a group of other parents whose children have died.

Jul 13, 2022

Jan 20, 2024

the good doctor

For ten years I lived with the symptoms of Lyme.

Sep 14, 2022

the loyalty of grief

Grief Sometimes the passage of time is not the balm they assure us it will be.

Jan 7, 2023

1:29

the anti-vaxxers

“I didn’t get the Covid shot, but I’m not an anti-vaxxer.” The proclamation with the caveat, the qualification, the exception.

Dec 7, 2022

26:22

I took some time away from writing last week.

May 14, 2022

old cats and enduring love

I inherited a little ginger kitten once, long ago.

Oct 7, 2023

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