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Orphan lamb will NOT be living in the house, but today the temperature dropped fifty degrees within six hours and it SNOWED all over the spring blossoms, so we hauled her back inside where it's warm (since she doesn't have a mama or siblings to snuggle up with in the cold). Tomorrow, when the temperature levels out, she'll go back out to the sheep barn.
But for tonight, she's freaking out our 22-year-old cat, which is entertaining us all.
1 hour ago
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Sure, sure… back to the barn… tomorrow. 😉
Oh wow now that’s funny. When Hurricane Isabel came we had to move all our animals- goats ducks chickens and water buffalo into our walk out basement. Herding the buffalo was a challenge and it smelled like Noah’s Ark (I imagine) for months.
Back in the day, I would put orphan lambs in a large dog crate in my kitchen. At bottle time I would let them run around my kitchen. The kids loved.
My first children were bottle babies like this!
Good old cat!
Adorable
Y'all, today I thoroughly intended to offer you some trenchant thoughts on education, history, and the business of books, but I got back from doing book business in New York this afternoon to the sad news that we lost one of our Merino ewes...and she left this orphan ewe lamb behind.
As you can see, the lamb will be just fine, but you'll have to wait for the trenchant thoughts.
1 day ago
I am sorry about the loss of the ewe. I remember some very cozy nights cuddly bum lambs, and bottle feeding them when no other ewe would accept them. Lambs are so sweet.
I'm so sorry (& also, your care for that little sweetness is so lovely). 🥹 Ah, I miss you...
I would be doing the same thing lol. So sweet. I’m sorry you lost an ewe though.
Silver lining
A "bum lamb," as my shepherd brother calls them. Bottle feeding (and wine for you).
A Lamby!!
So sweet! Sorry about the mama loss 💔
Lamb snuggles are much more important right now…enjoy that sweet baby. So sorry for the loss of her mama…😞
Awww we all need to see this.
Linda Holm
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A couple of updates for you!
First, the AHA panel on classical education that I did in Chicago in January has been scheduled for a repeat as a free webinar, open to the public, and with the wonderful addition of Angel Parham. Here's the description--put it on your calendar, and go to the website for free registration!
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"What Historians Should Know About Classical Education
AHA Learn
Wednesday, April 15, 3 p.m. ET
Classical education has inspired many recent reforms and innovations in K-12 education and beyond. What is it, and why should historians care? Presenters approaching the topic with different perspectives and expertise will offer information and insights on the past, present, and possible futures of the U.S. movement, and how it is already impacting the landscape of K-12 and higher education. Featuring Angel Parham (Univ. of Virginia), Jessica Richardi (Coastal Carolina Univ.), and Susan Wise Bauer (Well-Trained Mind Learning Services), this hour-long online event is free and open to the public.
www.historians.org/event/what-historians-should-know-about-classical-education/
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And for your entertainment, you can also listen to me talk about home schooling while surrounded by sheep, at the TikTok "conference" organized by our excellent customer service experts at Well-Trained Mind! (Full disclosure: I don't do TikTok, although it's probably coming for me at some point. But this was fun to record.)
www.tiktok.com/@thewelltrainedmind/video/7614264607766613279
5 days ago
Thanks for sharing, Susan. I just signed up for the webinar.
How exciting! I was thinking, why does Angel Parham sound familiar? Then I remembered she created the wonderful, generously free, Black Intellectual Tradition course my friend and I did with our teenagers last year!
thank yo for this.
