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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm

@goldshawfarm.bsky.social

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Vermont farmer, writer and accidental internet person. Telling stories, chasing birds, and trying not to slip on the ice.

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 28m

Morning coffee, crow call, and goats plotting something complex. Feels like a normal day.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1h

Was the request made as “anty” or “onty?”

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1h

Happens to the best of us. Hands just get ahead of themselves.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 12h

Eating cereal at night breaks time, not rules.

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 17h

Silence in a meeting means dissent in private.

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 19h

He’s a very unique creature!

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 20h

Macho Man enjoys his favorite tree.

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 21h

This was a really good take. I gotta admit I neglected a lot of the points you made when I recorded my tiktok on the topic this morning. Well done, sir.

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John Walters @thevpo.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to Politico, an extreme conservative is suddenly persona non grata in #vtpoli-land. I could have told you — actually, I DID tell you — about his extremism three years ago. And there are more like him in the Republican Statehouse caucuses.

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I Tried to Tell You About Sam Douglass (and There’s a Lot More Like Him)

Gov. Phil Scott couldn’t act fast enough to distance himself from newly-disgraced state Sen. Samuel Douglass. Within hours of a Politico report that identified Douglass as an active participa…

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 22h

Growth hides in decay more often than in bloom.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 23h

The roof and the rain are co-conspirators.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

There is a real joy in catching the sun right during farm chores.

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This Is What a Peaceful Small Farm Morning Looks Like

If you want to buy my new book with all of the special presale bonuses, go here: https://bit.ly/dirtrichliving If you want to find out more about the Peacham Farmer's Market and Pumpkin Contest:…

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

“What’s with these kids today? Back in my day we only had six and nine.”

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never met a content person who wasn’t also a little weird. Peace and conformity don’t mix.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Pumpkin season

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Dust motes are indoor constellations.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

My ducks keep mistaking reflections for enemies. Same, honestly.

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Every barn is haunted by at least one unfinished project.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Empires collapse. Wildflowers don’t care.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 2d

Mornings like these are everything.

This Is What a Peaceful Small Farm Morning Looks Like

If you want to buy my new book with all of the special presale bonuses, go here: https://bit.ly/dirtrichliving If you want to find out more about the Peacham Farmer's Market and Pumpkin Contest:…

youtu.be

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 2d

Is there a “Is there a seahorse emoji?” for in-person conversations?

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 5d

My cows have stronger boundaries than most people I know.

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 5d

If the barn cats ever form a shadow government, I’ll vote for them.

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Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 5d

In Peacham, the hills wake wearing silver beards.

Morgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 6d

The government shutdown hit day 14. Somewhere a senator is tweeting some nonsensical fantasy about “preventing illegals from getting free healthcare” while park rangers pawn their gear.