Spring Equinox

Close up of Dandelions

Spring Treats for Rabbits and Humans

And the wheel turns to springand the wheel turns to spring… I got to hear that Crow song (Dance of Spring) frequently over the past year.  It took a lot of rehearsal.  Of course my human Mom would prance around the house singing “And the bunny turns to spring!” because she is ridiculous and likes to insert …

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The Croestara Rabbit demands your attention.

A Message from the Crostara Rabbit

It’s finally my favorite time of year and the only time you humans really pay attention to rabbits.  And you will pay attention.  I recognize your favorite bra, and I will find it in the laundry and chew it to smithereens if you don’t. Ostara, or Spring Equinox is the holiest of holy-days here in rabbit world, …

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Spring Equinox Quiche

It is spring in California and though we are still getting colder nights and days of rain, the days are getting longer and the chickens are responding by laying eggs again. Unlike in factory farms where lights keep the hens laying year round, my chickens take a break around winter solstice and don’t really start …

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Persephone

I was just my mother’s daughter. You may think that being the daughter of a goddess is all frolicking and flower picking and ambrosia and harps.  Okay, it is all that. And it’s living life in the shadows—someone else’s shadow at that.  A big, fat, Olympian, grain-filled, fertile shadow. I couldn’t exactly say that to Demeter.  She’s too busy …

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