Category Archives: Farm Life

The Drive Home

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Katrin Becker

I live about 15 minutes from the city limits. That means that part of my drive includes highway, secondary highway, and country roads, paved and not. One of the things I love about the drive home is that during the … Continue reading →

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How are You Helping the Planet?

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Katrin Becker

We are making a mess of our planet. Whether you are a “believer” in the so-called ‘settled science’ of Climate Change or one of those heretics that the Movement derisively refers to as a ‘denialist’, most people would agree, however … Continue reading →

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Another nail in the coffin….and another step away from being natural.

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Katrin Becker

Many people seem to believe that every natural place should be available for recreation, and that all other uses should defer to them. People who try to raise animals ethically and naturally repeatedly come under fire, but I don’t see all of North America going vegan any time soon, so eventually, the ONLY way left to raise animals for meat will be through factory farms. Continue reading →

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…a short and miserable life…

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Katrin Becker

My husband and I had dinner with a friend last night whom we both like and respect a great deal. We talked about many things, among them our attitudes about the human use of animals. My friend is a vegan, and we’re not.

I struggle with the moral issues involved and so I continued to think about this after dropping our friend off at his hotel. I try very hard to be logical and reasonable in my arguments. I suspect I may have not succeeded entirely on this one. But neither did my friend.
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Some people still get it… decent and varied lives for the animals.

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Katrin Becker

Those who no longer have a connection with nature, with the animals whose lives we take for our food, and those who don’t live with animals, have lost something that in the end will turn out to have been very … Continue reading →

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On: On Sheep Dogs and Wolves

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Katrin Becker

I don’t usually do this, but this is a response to another blog, found here.  The piece I am commenting on is part of a larger post about what Canadian troops are doing in Afghanistan. It is in support of … Continue reading →

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New Puppy

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Katrin Becker

We are getting a new puppy this week. In the spring of 1997 we got our first Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD). A  Great Pyrenees. Scanner. She changed my life. My birds were safe from local predators – all day long … Continue reading →

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Lost Dog

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Katrin Becker

This story was originally written May 31 1998. Copyright, K.Becker Today was one of *those* days. I went downstairs to check on the 2 little mallards that hatched a few days ago only to find that our new kitten had … Continue reading →

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