Dropstone Farms » words

A constant struggle

Lauren — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 04:18:05 +0000

My mental glitch: hay vs. straw. I do this all the time.

All things being equal, I’d go with self-propelled over self-aware.

garth — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:55:21 +0000

So, whilst cruising craigslist for livestock, I came across the following ad for a Purebred Delaware Rooster. Being me , I misread the ad, first interpreting it as an ad for a “Self-propelled Delaware Rooster” and the for a “Purebred, Self-aware Rooster.” It could just be the Battlestar Galactica talking, but I do *not* need self-aware livestock.

On figures of speech.

garth — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:07:00 +0000

(It’s the first post to a new blog. Of course it sucks. It breaks the ice like an ice fisherman who tries to stretch the season too long.)

There are a lot of figures of speech that, when living on a farm, turn out to be more literal than not. Cases in point:

1) Keep the home fires burning.
2) Tough row to hoe.
3) Cocky.
4) Bitchy. (This is not technically farm-related, I learned it from Lauren’s dog.)
5) Too many irons in the fire. (Again, not necessarily farm-related, but I’m reasonably certain my landlord and neighbors would have frowned upon a forge, propane or no, in my backyard.)