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sanctuarywitch Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 4:14:49 PM
I think this might be just the place I've been looking for! I read the book last week, and feel like I've met a kindred spirit in MaryJane, and hopefully here on the forum.

I live close to Kalamazoo, Michigan, on a 13 acre farm. After being married for 15 years, I was divorced last year and my 2 teenage sons moved to town with their father. Like MaryJane, I fell in love with a neighbor/friend (post-divorce), and we now live here together in my 1860's farm house. I hope to be planning a country wedding sometime in the near future!

I've had an animal sanctuary here on the farm for over 10 years. This summer we expanded to open a small petting farm, which is going to be a big hit once word-of-mouth starts getting out. We offer lifetime care for animals with special needs. Put another way: we take other peoples' culls. This includes several orphaned shetland sheep, old laying hens, foundered ponies, old-lady goats. I'm a sucker for anything imperfect...whether it's parrots or pumpkins or shabby chic furniture. I'm the one who buys the littlest, scroungiest Christmas tree, because I feel sorry for it. I bet you girls can relate!

Next week I'm getting a champion dairy goat for cheap, because her udder isn't perfectly attached & so her owner is opting not to keep her for breeding. I can do the dairy goat thing, making the cheese and food products. I've never made soap or cosmetics, though, so I'll be looking here for tips.

I was a vegetarian/vegan/animal rights person for 15 years. Now, at age 37, I see that much of what I thought was black & white, is actually gray. I stopped the veg diet after developing hypoglycemia, and now I eat meat that my partner raises, because I know the kindness with which he treats the animals. I avoid commercial animal foods whenever possible. Each year, I get better at canning and freezing stuff from the garden, and I'm commited to baking as much as possible with these wonderful duck eggs I'm finding. I've recently adopted a new goal, of living as a better planet citizen...using less, eating less, recycling more, giving more away. Some days are easier than others!

Good to be here. Thanks for creating this forum!

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susan kate Posted - Sep 17 2005 : 2:14:59 PM
Hi Shannon, It is very nice to meet you. I went to your website; bless you for taking care of God's creatures with so much love. I would like to visit your petting farm the next time I'm in Michigan. Thank you for joining.

Susan (formerly from Michigan!)
Kim Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 08:38:27 AM
Welcome, Shannon! Your farm sounds wonderful! I know you'll enjoy everyone here as much as I do.

farmgirl@heart

Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow
BlueApple Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 7:08:47 PM
Welcome Shannon! It's nice to meet you!

Julia
BlueApple Farm
Clare Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 4:36:00 PM
Welcome Shannon! You are among kindred spirits here!

**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****

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