HeyJaredLife Among the Alpacas
Notes from my life caring for a small alpaca farm, plus the chickens, bees, elderly dog, and humans who live here and the things that make us curious.
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Farewell to The Bee & Bee (for now) (opens the original)
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The Bee & Bee, my hive since 2021, has died. For now. Usually, when a hive dies, a beekeeper does something like an autopsy, trying to figure out what happened, but I watched this death happen over the last six weeks. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="3
Preparing to Help My Child Navigate an AI ‘Wonderland’ without Losing Her Head (opens the original)
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“It’s four days until we turn into fairies!” my daughter bursts into the bedroom before I have been awake long enough for a single cup of coffee. This countdown will continue for two days, but before the big transformation arrives, she has shifted her attention back to pretending that she is Matilda (from the Roald Dahl novel) and I am Miss Honey. I am left wondering if there was a plan for the day when we became fairies or if she was going to wing it, counting on the magic of her imagination to
Why Don’t We Eat Corn Smut? (opens the original)
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Corn smut. It was hard to associate the delicious meal I ate with such an ugly-sounding ingredient. I wanted to know more. And I wanted to know if I could cook it at home.In August, our family went on a “business trip” to Mexico because Julio is great at his job. After watching our daughter meet the ocean, the peak of the trip was enjoying the vegetarian tasting menu at Cocina de Autor, a Michelin-starred restaurant featuring modern Mexican cuisine. It was the best meal of my life, and the menu
Alpaca Birthdays and a Third Rooster (opens the original)
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How do alpacas celebrate their birthdays? With extra hay. Clementine got several scoops of grain (equine senior food) for her big day because it was also an open farm day in our pasture, and visitors were eager to give the girls a treat. We’re in our busy autumn season now, which features several of the alpacas’ birthdays, processing fleece, making sure the bees are in good health before the cold season begins, and celebrating all the autumn festivities. Clementine is 7 years oldClementine’s bir
A Rattlesnake Under a Full Moon Eclipse (opens the original)
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Something so deadly should not be able to camouflage that well. That was one of my top thoughts after an encounter with a rattlesnake in the barn. I’d headed into the tack room to get hay for the alpacas. I grabbed half a bale without incident, then came back for the rest, turning to see a snake coiled on some leaf litter behind me. I startled. It startled. Then, it rattled. I left the hay and dashed into the barn, shooing the alpacas away. When I cracked the door to look at the snake again, it
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