Category Archives: the Farm

Heartbreak Road

Posted on October 28, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

This is what heartbreak looks like. In the past ten days they’ve come in with backhoes and skid loaders and driven right through a huge chunk of the seventeen acres. It’s the beginning of building the road, a process that won’t really … Continue reading →

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Finally, a Crime Podcast Done Right

Posted on October 16, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

I’ve been more than ambivalent about the recent trend in crime-exploring podcasts that throw doubt on the results of the criminal justice system. It’s not even so much that I doubt their editing and production process led us to the … Continue reading →

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Poplars

Posted on October 11, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

A big source of discussion around here this year has been the rows of poplar trees that line our driveway. They are big and shaggy but have been a really nice feature of the property. They give the driveway a stately … Continue reading →

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Final Scan

Posted on August 6, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Thursday, August 4, I met with my oncologist to look at the final scan. I have to admit, I hardly thought about it. In fact, I had zero stress about the results at all. Mostly because the midway scan had … Continue reading →

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Final Painting in the Room

Posted on July 29, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

On July 3, Sophia Heymans, her boyfriend Paul, and her sister Chloe, walked another painting over to my house. This one was “August.” I had it a shorter time, as it needed to go back to the Twin Cities this … Continue reading →

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Prairie Road

Posted on July 26, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

Today marks eight years since I moved to the farm– my wedding day to Steve and the beautiful, dare I say perfect, reception we had in front of my sister- and brother-in-law’s house. Back then, there was corn on 17 … Continue reading →

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Chicken Summer

Posted on July 25, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

These girls are having a rough summer (too). First there was a fence put up around the garden– their favorite place to hang out in the summer, whether it is getting dirt baths in the shade of the asparagus plants … Continue reading →

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Fertility

Posted on April 29, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

A new painting came to live with me yesterday. As Sophia said, time to get the winter painting out and get something green in the room. She walked it across the commons in the morning and we set it up on … Continue reading →

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First Harvest

Posted on April 26, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

These girls have figured out where I live. Last year they never got this close to the house, but I made the mistake of going out and feeding them sunflower seeds. And they figured out where I take the bag … Continue reading →

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Living with the Painting

Posted on April 10, 2016 by susanmsink@gmail.com

And at night, a snowy painting. I set up my mister with essential oils on the same desk as the painting. It glows at night and illumines the painting. And there is my home. The detail of the painting is … Continue reading →

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