Author Archives: Taylor

Hazel spent had her first overnight sleepover in the cow pen with all the big girls.  David enjoyed torturing me about it, telling me she was surely ravished by coyotes and such. But, alas.  She lived. I make her a … Continue reading →

Sweet little Hazel is 6 1/2 weeks old now. She drinks three bottles a day, but acts like she needs 17.  After her bottle, she follows me around head-butting me and sucking on my pants.  After about ten minutes, she … Continue reading →

David seperated our bull, Ep, from the cows a couple of months ago.  The idea was to keep him away from all of our lovely ladies so we could have some “control” over calving season. One day last week, the … Continue reading →

The other morning, I was checking the cows with baby Hazel.  And I heard coyotes! Like, for real! But I knew David would not believe me.  So I sent him this video. And I was, like, David!  Will they kill … Continue reading →

When working with struggling readers, I have to check in and progress monitor them often.  One such student, we’ll call him Al, had a breakthrough week last week.  Like it was incredible.  He read beautifully and mastered some more sight … Continue reading →

My new plan, that I just came up with yesterday, is to put Hazel out in the main pen with the big cows for a bit everyday.  You may ask, ‘Taylor!?  Why not put her out there all the time?” … Continue reading →

You guys. I am getting better and better at this cow ranching thing.  On Sunday, I told my teacher friends that Matilda was very close to calving. And on Monday, she did just that.  And look at this precious baby. … Continue reading →

I saw this sign in a store. It made me laugh.  And I have not stopped laughing.  And I bought it. Ba-Dah-Dah.  Ba-Dah-Dah. And, yes.  I do all the laundry in the house and I have been receiving some constructive … Continue reading →