by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 11, 2007 | Reminiscences, World Views
“Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.” ~ Henry Cabot Lodge SEPTEMBER TENTH, TWO THOUSAND AND ONE CLOSED as a happy Monday...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 23, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal, Literary Projects
Time ticks away. My time has been occupied with chiseling a substantially intriguing script treatment out of my wordy inventions {it is now completed. A little Dominique coop redux here and there. Planning paintings to grace the walls of the guest house in...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jun 8, 2007 | Journal, Literary Projects
So now… I have had quite a lot going on lately. This week began with a mild amount of house cleaning, as we were preparing for company. John Y. is our guest this time (I’ve mentioned his previous visits before). We always have such a great time when he...
by Amanda Read Sheik | May 18, 2007 | Comedy, Journal
It is almost difficult to believe that an entire year has passed by since my first encounter with the Six Flags theme park atmosphere. Last year I was slow to acclimate, uncertain of my taste in intense recreation. I came to think of myself as a sort of killjoy...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 11, 2007 | Fair Hills Farm, Journal
The chicks were let out for the first time at two weeks of age (we had to wait for the weather conditions to be right). Below are photos and videos of their first two outings. We have also begun construction on the new chicken coop. It is going to...
