carrot's blog

So I'm still reeling from the aftermath of a bar fight; not normally something I get involved in, first because I rarely drink in bars and second, because I rarely fight (I think I've been in a total of three physical fights in my life, if that,) but last night I found myself fighting with a guy three times my size after he sexually harrassed a friend.  Read More »

So my best friend in Upstate NY, Holly the glassblower and I just spent four days madly driving down the east coast to Charolette, NC to see her sister and her sister's brand new baby.  Read More »

Right now, I'm cleaning some raw wool I just purchased from Novack Farms here in Prattsburgh. My hands are sticky with sheep fat, known as landolin, which is famous for its healing qualities, especially for the cracked nipples of breastfeeding mothers. I smell like a sheep too, a smell some people love and some despise. It is a musty, dark, musky smell and I absolutely love it!  Read More »

Yesterday I helped my best female buddy Holly at the Cohoctan Fall Festival (Cohoctan is a tiny little village near Prattsburgh, and it's name is apparently a Native word which means "log in the water.") She had a jewelry booth which we left her mom Robin in charge of most of the day, while we ran around and looked at other folks booths.  Read More »

Hi everyone,

I've now been back in Upstate New York a little more then a week and I'm rediscovering all the treasure hidden amoung the trees out here...  Read More »

Suddenly, because of some crazy axe-wielding house destruction on the part of my friend Rowan, I find myself back in Upstate New York, begging my sister and brother-in-law to let me live with them.  Read More »

So I'm feeling sad and disappointed today because I'm realizing I most likely won't be able to raise the 1,500 I still need to go to Africa with the African Birth Collective. I also feel horrible, because the other 1,500 was given to me by a friend who won a lawsuit because he broke his back while working, and I already paid that part and it is non-refundable.  Read More »

So today I "helped" at the birth center my friend Katarra works and studies at, Maternidad La Luz, which translates to Maternity the Light.  Read More »