Kerry and I have always wished to live deliberately. It isn't always easy to accomplish as life has a way of over-reaching our cautious plans. I love all the synonyms for deliberate: intentional, purposely, knowingly, wittingly, consciously, by design. These terms express the quality of being in charge and I feel the most secure when I am in charge! While the full meaning of the term deliberate includes the aspect of being cautious and going slowly, being steady and setting a

We have completed our wool clip for this year. Initially, we store our raw fleeces in clear plastic bags. This makes them easily seen and handled by those who may wish to buy a raw fleece. Most of our fleeces this year were sold quickly, and thankfully, I don't have to worry about their storage. But we have a couple still left that we want to process later or enter into shows. I thought I would give some tips about storing raw fleece. Every wool producer or hand spinner seems