This page contains links to my articles published in the Black Sheep Newsletter and elsewhere. This newsletter is a fine quarterly publication dedicated to raising fiber animals, spinning, weaving and the many and varied aspects of the old art of raising, harvesting and processing natural fibers. I love the publication.  If you are interested in subscribing, just "click" on the Black Sheep Newsletter logo above!  They're great folks and will sign you on.

My regular feature in the newsletter, "The Homestead", centers around our herd of angora goats and the happenings on our farm, Singing Falls Ranch. If you're interested in down-home lore take a peek.

As the opportunity arises and other published articles appear we will place them here to inspire, encourage and educate you in the fine art of contemporary homesteading, shepherding and fiber arts crafting. You are welcome to comment on the articles at our blog or our forums.

Oh, by the way - I want to personally thank my dear husband, Stanley, who has been a great webmaster to work alongside!  When I've written my article - it's then time for the pictures, or music.  I make my request to the "webmaster" and he's right there to put it together.  He's the one who has the artistic ideas - puts in the backgrounds and wallpapers, etc.  He sets the mood and in most cases makes what might be dull writing come alive.  He's invaluable to me. (Of course he is!).

On the Homestead in the Black Sheep Newsletter

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 96   The Homestead  Bubba, Babies and Blackberry Wine

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 97   The Homestead  Keeping Calendars, LGDs, Their Habits, and Shepherding Goats

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 97a The Homestead  Our Angora Goats and Their Fiber

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 98   The Homestead  Change of Plans,The Sultans,Winter Shepherding

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 99   The Homestead  Get a Life! Queen Bubba Down

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 100 The Homestead  Shepherding-Sometimes Bittersweet, Always Rewarding

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 101 The Homestead  Breeding, Appraisals of Stock, and the Gathering 

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 102 The Homestead  Our Goat Fence-A Work of Art, Spinning Mohair Yarns

Black Sheep Newsletter     Isuue 103 The Homestead  Shepherding with shepherds

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 104 The Homestead  Shepherd's view

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 105 The Homestead  A Spinners Memories

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 106 The Homestead  Your Buck is Half Your Herd, Mohair Sales, Winter Pastures

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 107 The Homestead  Kids on the Ground, Timber frame barn

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 108 The Homestead  A dyers garden

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 109 The Homestead  Drought, Weaving with Mohair

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 110 The Homestead  The art of spinning yarn with only two fingers

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 111 The Homestead  A Story About Friendship

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 112 The Homestead  Part of a Legacy

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 113 The Homestead  Oregon Fires

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 114 The Homestead  A Goat Shepherd Looks Back 

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 115 The Homestead  Kidding, Gathering, Weaving

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 116 The Homestead  Herbs for Herd Health, Dogs on the Run, Good-bye to Olivette

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 117 The Homestead  Off to Pasture, Earth-the New Buck on the Block

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 118 The Homestead  Winter at Singing Falls, Spring Around the Corner, A Poem

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 119 The Homestead  Echoes From the Past, Picket Fences, A Short History

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 120 The Homestead  Safe Hay Storage, Spontaneous Combustion, and More Goats

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 121 The Homestead  The Livestock Guardian Dog a Breed All Its Own

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 122 The Homestead  Spinning Black Mohair Tailspun and Weaving Black Mohair Scarves

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 123 The Homestead  Spring Springs with Colored Kids and a Huge Order

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 124 The Homestead  The Whys and Wherefores of Being a Shepherd

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 125 The Homestead  The Difficult Task of Culling; Making Sausage

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 126 The Homestead  Red Headed Reborns; Cottage Industry Workings

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 127 The Homestead  A Bedspread for a Queen, the Daunting Project

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 128 The Homestead  The Kromski Wheel from Poland, a New Tool

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 129 The Homestead  Breeding for Color, Breeding for Fleece

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 130 The Homestead  Helicopters, Coho Salmon and Fixing It

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 131 The Homestead  Live Stock Guardian Dogs part I

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 132 The Homestead  Live Stock Guardian Dogs part II

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 133 The Homestead  Another Well, Solar Pump and a Big Garden

 No article for issue 134.

Black Sheep Newsletter     Issue 135 The Homestead  Southern Cascade Geography, a Hard Winter

Other writings and musings:

Mogen the Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD)

A Step Back In Time

Year of the Cat

The Alaskan Wolf

A Cowboy Named Avi

Remembering Camille

Ancestor