Pursuing Education and Employment with a Chronic Illness- Guest Post by Pippa Stacey

4th September 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

A fan of three books titled University and chronic Illness, a survival guide, by Pippa Stacey

I’m so happy to be able to bring you this guest post today from the lovely Pippa Stacey from Life Of Pippa. Her debut book will help so many people…

FOR MY FUTURE SELF

28th August 2020.Reading time 13 minutes.

Rays from the low sun streaming over the back of a white pony, with a bay horse grazing in the background.

I sat down to write, and by some twist of fate I came across a letter I had written to myself 2 years ago today. Here it is, in case you need to hear it too…

Let’s Talk About… FORAGE

31st July 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Closeup of grass growing in a field with trees covered in green leaves in the background.

Hay, Silage, Haylage, Straw… What’s the difference? Get all your forage questions answered here…

ACCEPTANCE

23rd July 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Holly, a white woman with shoulder length brown hair, sitting outside in front of hedges and trees in a Quickie Q700 Sedeo Pro Powered Wheelchair with the legs elevated. Wearing grey trousers, a plum coloured top, sunglasses and a grey baseball cap.

I’ve been wanting to write about acceptance for a while, and what it means to me. So often, the narrative we hear is centred around overcoming challenges, but what about accepting them and ourselves, as we are?

A GIRL, A GODDESS, AND A THUNDERSTORM

30th June 2020.Reading time 21 minutes.

Close up of a golden calf curled up in the straw.

Today, I’ve got a story I’d like to tell you. It involves a girl, who longed to go outside and see the cows, a heifer, who wasn’t supposed to still be here, and the calf she was never meant to have…

Calving 2020

12th June 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

While most of the world has stood still, the cows (and the humans) have been as busy as ever here. So, I thought it was time to give you a recap of this year’s calving season, complete with some calf spam to brighten your day!

Another Blow for British Agriculture

14th May 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

Today, I’m disappointed.
I’m disappointed the majority of our government, including our Prime Minister, voted NOT to make crucial amendments to the Agriculture Bill in parliament, yesterday. Amendments to protect our shelves from imports of food produced in ways which are illegal here.
Food safety standards affect everyone, and here’s why…

Meet The Moo Monday

27th April 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

On the first Monday of 2020, I started doing ‘Meet The Moo Monday’ on my blog’s social media accounts. (It actually popped into my head around last November. Every week, I told myself I’d start it, but kept getting cold feet.) What is it? Meet The Moo Monday began as an excuse to introduce our […]

Alpaca-Gate

15th March 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Two Alpacas. Three People. Two Six-Wheeled, Powered Wheelchairs. One End Goal- Get said Alpacas into the barn. What could possibly go wrong?

Seeing Double

28th February 2020.Reading time 11 minutes.

Lincoln Red cow laid with her twin Limousin cross calves in a bed of straw in a stable.

The ‘T’ word… Marmite to Mother Nature. Either prompting catastrophe or elation, depending on the day. Twins…