O’Neill: Piglets, pink skies, and planning (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.

Pink sky at sunrise, a comfortable feeling of self-care and balance in the work. We spent the last two days camping on the coast, came home yesterday for some chores and checking on things, and are headed back out again today. The last few years we’ve begun something of a tradition of camping and rest during the week after Labor day, a brief respite before the onslaught of harvest.