Here’s the recent news from Kristin Kimball at Essex Farm in Essex, New York: "I’m back to the farm and the family, at last. It was a good and productive month away. I finished the proposal for my next book, and now have a deal with the same publisher (Scribner) and the same … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Sequel in the Works
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Essex Farm: Shearing Sheep
Kristin Kimball shares the news from Essex Farm in Essex, NY: I was traveling the last two Fridays and did not write the weekly notes. In this season of rapid transition, it feels like the entire world has changed since the last one. Grass grass grass. Seeds seeds seeds. A … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Shearing Sheep
Essex Farm: Welcome Spring
Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball's blog: "This week the snow pulled back to reveal the winter-ravaged world. Muck, ruts, bones. A dead frog suspended in the ice at the edge of the pond. Also, a pollywog, alive and swimming in the meltwater. Water … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Welcome Spring
Essex Farm: Dog Charades
We get the news directly from Kristin Kimball's blog, and check out this heart-warming story from Essex Farm: Jet is wearing his superdog cape this week. After dinner on Wednesday, I noticed he was doing his best to quietly block my way with his body, and his head and tail were … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Dog Charades
Essex Farm: Rat Patrol
Check out this week's Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball's blog: Every few years the rat population takes a bounce around here, we have one too many sightings of our sleek gray friends in the barn, and we must clamp down. I am on rat patrol this week. Spring traps are set … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Rat Patrol