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Patty Ihm
Nov 10, 20244 min read
What Percent of Goldie is You?
I’m not sure how this all came to be. And I’m not just talking about the book. Somehow, from the back of our family’s van, the...


Patty Ihm
Oct 18, 20243 min read
Robbing Behavior
I wrote about baseball, beekeeping, and things that are taken from us.


Patty Ihm
Jan 16, 20243 min read
Mac and Cheese
From my college days, I have loved going to estate sales. There's something about history, life, and the mystery of not really ever being...


Patty Ihm
Jan 1, 20243 min read
Chicken House
Fall honey is different than early-season honey. Some have likened the smell of the former to dirty gym shoes. Fall honey is complex,...


Patty Ihm
Nov 22, 20234 min read
Lessons from Queen Catherine
It’s mostly the weather that dictates the end of the season for the beekeeper. Once the daytime temperatures remain below about fifty...


Patty Ihm
Sep 11, 20233 min read
Pee-wee and the Swarm
Maybe they timed their flight from the hive to match my morning round of chores. Maybe they wanted me to see them go, majestic as glitter...


Patty Ihm
May 23, 20232 min read
Thirty-Three
I couldn't hear the ticking sound. They ran through my pounding head, over and over. There were goats and sheep and the little clothes...

Patty Ihm
Mar 8, 20233 min read
A Hundred Sunrises
Only through the photograph of a friend did I see the shades of fireball orange, candy pink, and smoky lavender that painted the sky....


Patty Ihm
Sep 9, 20223 min read
Waiting to Blow
He stands proudly with stiffened shoulders, cheeks puffed as to nearly usurp his smug stone smile. The sparkle in the eyes of this...


Patty Ihm
Jul 31, 20223 min read
Lost in the Dark Gray
He's joyful as he glides like a stunt plane along the cement hills and ramps at the skate park. He's riding a scooter, the...


Patty Ihm
Jun 20, 20223 min read
Digging Up the Mint
It must have been an imposter: leggy, medium green, and without fanfare, it grew in great bunches where there had been mint last year. I...


Patty Ihm
Apr 25, 20223 min read
The Demise of Mr. Happiness
I'm getting better at cracking open the boxes of my hives. I had better be, as beekeeping season is upon us. When I check on my bees, I...


Patty Ihm
Mar 12, 20223 min read
When the Dusky Sky was Most Beautiful
I found them at the hour when the dusky sky was most beautiful. There was a small spot of darkness on the mounded snow, just where the...


Patty Ihm
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Lost, For a Little While
It was easier when I could just carry them. With both the trusted old purple hiking backpack and my Ergo newborn front carrier strapped...


Patty Ihm
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Behind the Veil of a Beekeeper
I got a new bee suit. It's white, with three layers of mesh and a double zipper system to keep me completely covered and to prevent...


Patty Ihm
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Bumblefoot and Bread
I brought her in the house to die, but she didn’t. Rosalina is one of my original twelve hens…actually eleven, because Wendell turned out...
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