Community gathering in the hay crop Last week the hay crew came and cut our hay. We were glad because we’d been trying to get it cut for weeks, but we’re such small potatoes nobody is really enthusiastic about bringing out all that big equipment to work on our measly 20 acres. But fortune smiled, the…
The Playing Field
It occurred to me just now that Down Home Ranch has a distinct advantage in Special Olympics when it comes to our favorite events. We have a swimming pool, we have a stable and horses, we have wide open spaces to knock golf balls around in, and we have a bocce court and we all…
The Vesper Light
The Vesper Light We are tired! What with Swim Fest, and Jerry flying to California for a memorial service for a cousin, and Family Day, and everything that didn’t get done planning and doing those things…well, we are pooped. I spent most of the day trying to get ready for the reinstatement of our choir…
Across the Universe: Down Syndrome and Autism
When you have a baby with Down syndrome, life suddenly gets very complicated. You feel like you’ve been kicked out of one universe and somehow wound up in another. But after a while the tears dry up and the fears die down and life begins to resume a patina of normalcy. The baby? The baby’s adorable. He’s…