Vol. I · No. 7
Begun 13 May 2026
West River Watershed
Townshend, Vermont
scribed by Lucas Farrell

In the western sky the lightest shade of darkness is the first break in cloud cover I've seen all day. Mango is barking incessantly at the rushing brook, which out hollers. On my walk back up from the barnyard after my nightly check on the goats (only a couple left to kid now), I can still see a faint glow from the coals of the brush piles in the fields off in the distance that we lit this morning, a once per year occasion. The rain finally allowed for it, and next week the forecast calls for heat, and sun. Fun to think of how quickly the grass will shoot up after this soaking. Watch it turn the landscape elastic green!