Casey O'Neill harvesting garlic
Photo: Casey O'Neill (Casey O'Neill/HappyDay Farms via Bay City News)

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.

You win some, you lose some. This was a week of deep frustrations and uplifting triumphs, losses tempered by wins that help me stay energized and keep going. After weeks of dealing with a troubling water issue that left a tank empty each morning, I finally solved the conundrum, but not before feeling demoralized and unsure of myself in a most uncomfortable way.

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Kate Maxwell founded the Mendocino Voice in 2016 along with Adrian Fernandez. She served as publisher until June 2024 when the Mendocino Voice merged with the nonprofit Bay City News Foundation, led by...