It has been some time since I last wrote. All my sentences feel full of hiccups because what words are the right words after a long absence?
I have all sorts of reasons / excuses for the lapse in posting but the more honest reason is that for a period of time I just didn’t have fresh words to share. Everything I put down seemed to be one long repeat of everything already shared. Life, this ranch life in particular, seemed to be on a rinse and repeat cycle. Breeding, shearing, vaccinating, lambing, grazing, sorting, selling and repeat. And for a time I stopped appreciating the marvels within the ordinary wash of life. Doing anything about it felt dangerous and stalling felt safe.
But stalling also feels very empty. So I find myself back at the computer, staring at a blank white MacJournal screen and wondering, what are the right words to begin with after a long absence?
When I’m fumbling for the words it’s photography that most often salvages what I can’t seem to. It is photos that fill space and time and thought, and it is photos that often speak more vividly about this life than I can write. And so I’ll let some photos be the finish of this post – photos to say it’s still pretty much life as usual over here and from this place of ordinary nature I’ll begin once again to look for, and share, the marvel and the miracle in this land and livestock life.
