Near year-end update for Change for Chimps fundraiser project
Category Archives: Tennessee Adventure
The Birds, the Bees…and the Bats: Rooftop Meadow Restores NYC Nature
Rooftop Meadow in Greenpoint, Brooklyn brings native species back to the city, but not where you might think… Continuing the quest to find out what “sustainable living” looks like in a big city, I found myself this past Friday at Kingsland Wildflowers, a rooftop meadow in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, right next-door to New York City’s wastewaterContinueContinue reading “The Birds, the Bees…and the Bats: Rooftop Meadow Restores NYC Nature”
Apes and Palm Oil: How YOU can save orangutans with your groceries
Hello All, Back when I was at the goat farm in Tenessee, I took an online class taught by Jane Gooddall through a program called Masterclass. The class was about conservation and chimpanzee behavior and was a-ok. If you’re into chimpanzees and want to learn about conservation through a fireside chat-like series with Jane Gooddall, I’dContinueContinue reading “Apes and Palm Oil: How YOU can save orangutans with your groceries”
Travelling Junebug Updates: Boredom, Farewell Goat Farm, Hello New York
Hello Reader-Friends! Well, my Tennessee adventure has come to a close with mixed feelings of relief and a tinge of remorse; yes, remorse. How can I sanely leave behind that beautiful setting and that peace: tucked away in a mountain hollow–the creek, the goats, the chorus of crickets and starry nights, the wide open spaces–howContinueContinue reading “Travelling Junebug Updates: Boredom, Farewell Goat Farm, Hello New York”
Weekend Update – Yarn Store
Hello all, Just another weekend update from Mountain Hollow Farm over in Tazewell, Tennessee. This week I spent hours and hours shovelling shit. It was good. And I finished burning that wood pile…see before and after…(Notice the giant pile of sticks and logs behind the burning pile of wood), …and now its pretty close toContinueContinue reading “Weekend Update – Yarn Store”
Sunday Funday
Hello All, Happy Sunday, again. Made it through another week, again, with a full moon, woo! Updates from Mountain Hollow Farm: The male goats are in “Rut” which to me means smell really bad and are feelin’ frisky. Apparently they do all sorts of gross stuff to make themselves “attractive” to the female goats, whoContinueContinue reading “Sunday Funday”
History Lesson – Cumberland Gap
Don’t worry, I’ve already turned myself in to the fashion police for wearing those socks with those sandals. In other news, today I went through 3 states: Tennessee, the Volunteer state, Kentucky, and Virginia, which apparently is for lovers, all in about 15 minutes. The mission was to visit Martin’s Station, an old frontierContinueContinue reading “History Lesson – Cumberland Gap”
Sunday Funday, WWOOF Update
Hello Readers, Happy Sunday. We’ve all survived another week. Woo hoo. Today at Mountain Hollow Farm it was a cheese and goulash making sort of day. It was a free day, and my farm host Beth and I had been talking about making cheese all week, so we started off by making cheese, Paneer cheese, aContinueContinue reading “Sunday Funday, WWOOF Update”
WWOOF – Mountain Hollow Farm
Hello All, Today I’ve got some farm updates for you. Woof, Wwoof! No, I’m not a dog, I’m a WWOOFer. For those of you who don’t know, theres this thing called WWOOF, which stands for “willing workers on organic farms.” It is a world-wide network of farms that accept volunteers in exchange for room and board.ContinueContinue reading “WWOOF – Mountain Hollow Farm”
Tennessee Bound – Greyhound Luggage Experience
Hello All, Made it to Tennessee! And my bag was found! Greyhound has slightly redeemed itself. I promised myself that if I got my bag back, I would write a glowing review about greyhound, because there are hardly any success stories online about greyhound returning lost bags, and I wanted the world to know itContinueContinue reading “Tennessee Bound – Greyhound Luggage Experience”
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