Jonah Sutton-Morse

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: Agreed to be backup Recording Clerk for my Meeting earlier this year, and had to actually perform my …

: Took a while to persuade the flock to come over the hill for hay this morning

: I think I just updated a very vanilla Drupal site to a new version, so I’m pretty sure I’m super …

: In case anyone wants a good podcast on the history of trans kids by Jules Gill-Peterson, focused …

: Sat down to write yesterday and was reminded that writing is hard, and also that clearing the brush …

: One thing that The Writer and the Critic captures about Saint of Bright Doors that I’m grateful for …

: For most of my life, I could go days or weeks without thinking about how society perceives me. For …

: Second round, 5-year old figured out “double yellow” to turn around and taking a more circuitous …

: Thinking about a biblical and Quaker exhortation to “be not conformed to the patterns of the world” …

: We keep the sheep away from the goat feeding bowls because otherwise they push the goats away, but …

: Starting Nicola Griffith’s “Menewood”. Really enjoyed both “Hild” and “Spear” and so far “Menewood” …

: When the Corrie’s introduce Barrett’s Privateers as an actual 18th Century song, I wonder if they’re …

: A few preliminary thoughts on Kai Ashante Wilson's "Sorceror of the Wildeeps" I just finished re-reading “Sorceror of the Wildeeps” which remains excellent. I’m …

: Nice morning with the sheep including one old lady who gets her own flake

: Two recent joys - teenager giving younger sibling a piggyback ride, and cats relaxing on our quilt

: Oddly, I can read again, and here’s your reminder that Kai Ashante Wilson’s “Sorceror of the …

: The age-old (or I suppose somewhere between 300 and 400 year old) #Quaker Query is “How does the …

: Completed (and memorialized) my civic duty/taking out the trash.

: An advice from New England Yearly Meeting #quaker “Have joyful worship. Do not always be somber.”

: Some lovely late autumn berries in our swamp on a crisp fall day

: “Stand still, wait for divine guidance, then act” - New England Yearly Meeting Advices number 8 …

: Ironically, one of the bills I testified against last year, which passed, required parental …

: Gotta love getting the text from kiddo that the “mock election” getting staged at school also …

: This is, indeed, uncanny. Who goes Nazi, Yale Law School edition - Lawyers, Guns & Money

: “since we have torn down every institution that brought liberals together, from the union hall to …

: And an Advice from New England Yearly Meeting (the sixth, in fact) - “Ground your spiritual life in …

: Fun at Rhinebeck today

: Part of prepping wool to spin into yarn is washing - scouring - it. Green Mountain Spinnery has the …

: 13-year old is a somewhat picky eater and needs to get some more calories. Anyone have …

: “We are confident that we can hear God, now, in the present, if we will still our hearts and listen. …

: What will I do when I am asked to lie? The thing about attending Quaker Meeting is the promise that God speaks, and that in each of us is …

: Read the intro to Ta Nehisi Coates’ The Message, and my first thought was to hand it my 13-year-old …

: 5th grader is educating classmates on respecting pronouns and also asking their teacher for the same …

: I mean how else are you supposed to spend your time after getting vaccinated?

: This is an absolutely bonkers story about a 14 year old just calling/writing to major SFF figures, …

: Went for a walk yesterday and found an old family cemetery not far up the road from us. Headstones …

: NEYM Advices & Queries number 6- “Ground your spiritual life in your own experience of the …

: Harvesting some of our goldenrod for a dyepot, which should end up turning more yarn into something …

: Morning chores - the left door in the picture became in-hinged a while back & I fixed it over …

: Two days of Quaker Ministry A somewhat long post about two days of Quaker Ministry. Yesterday at my in-person Meeting we had …

: The thing about a high-tension wire is that if your anchors break, you can get a pretty big gap.

: Op Ed by the AFSC NH Program Director about my state yet again choosing to hurt people when it …

: Nice way to start the morning with kids and flock

: Obligatory First Day of School social media overshare (including pronoun pins)

: “Face your fears and your powerlessness. Have faith.” New England Yearly Meeting Young Adult …

: New England Yearly Meeting sets apart the Advices from Young Adult Friends in the midst of the rest …

: Current bedside reading … seeing if I can catch up to Kip

: Saw a snake swimming and a heron while out kayaking with kiddos today. Also a capsize, and probably …

: Probably the last paddock of rotational grazing before we put them back in the main pasture for the …

: “Trust that the Inner Light can lead us beyond our individual perceptions and desires into action …

: A black goat stands of a rectangle outlined by red bricks, and mostly covered in gravel. Behind her …

: Pasture with new clover & volunteer pumpkins

: Moving into the new paddock

: Pennington - Give over thine own willing Give over thine own willing, give over thy own running, give over thine own desiring to know or be …

: How it started / How it’s going (Sheep in portable netting, and then in their main pasture after a …

: I have, I think, migrated jsuttonmorse.me over to micro blog. So that and the new Quaker …

: Left the sheep in a well-grazed paddock a bit too long and woke up to a bust-out. Fortunately they …

: I reallyy enjoy Johan Maurer’s weekly #Quaker reflections & links …

: Found some breakfast while out cleaning the barn. Also, a distant supervisor

: After a day of fasting (and anti-parasitic yesterday evening) we let the sheep out on a fresh …

: Well, that’s interesting - the 300 character limit definitely hits some-but-not-all Quaker Advices …

: “Worship is our response to an awareness of God. We can worship alone, but when we join with others …

: For hoof trim day, I hug goats

: Very surprised and pleased to hear that Hugo’s appear to have done not one but multiple Good Things, …

: It’s hoof trim day! (16 sheep, 2 goats)

: Took the kids to a local sunflower festival

: “I’ll just do my tantrum while I go potty and all the way to getting donuts.” -Cricket (4 1/2)

: Yay!! Track Changes: Selected Reviews is Out in the World!

: Work Slack book recommendation request for SF books was only about half white dude authors, and …

: Lovely pink flower among our grass today

: First load of winter hay, including some Goat QA

: “Take heed, dear Friends, to the promptings of love and truth in your hearts. Seek to live in …

: Had some supervisors for morning barn chores.

: Had some help with part of my NEYM Sessions tech support today

: Lovely butterfly on a very tall thistle today.

: amorvincat.wordpress.com/2024/01/1… When I say “Spirit says to me…” how can you know that I …

: Present History Sometime in the late 19th Century, a pair of Quaker missionaries from South China, Maine, traveled …

: In spite of the way that it is I discovered Hadestown (the Musical) a while ago. I think first “Why We Build the Wall” on an NHPR …

: Psalm 23 We had a number of messages at meeting today centered around Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd; I …

: Why Quaker And when all my hopes in them and in all men were gone, so that I had nothing outwardly to help me, …

: 2023: Richard III by William Shakespeare 📚 - Henry VI parts I-III were a bit hit or miss for me, but …

: On my shelves: The Book of Delights by Ross Gay 📚

: Currently reading: The Frozen Crown by Greta Kelly 📚 - it’s interesting. the (sometimes …

: Just checking to see what happens here.