O’Neill: Teaching the cycles of life (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

When I teach, I learn.  Articulating a job or task makes me work through it in my brain, turning it over and clarifying the hows and whys of the effort.  We slaughtered 39 meat birds this past week, working with friends to put food in the freezers for the months to come.  This time was different because we had a small helper.  My 4-year old nephew joined us with his morning face, tousled  blond hair and Spiderman costume.