Magnetic North
Contributor(s):
Vicki Biggs-Anderson
Vicki lives with her husband, Paul, on a nearly 100-year-old homestead in Colvill. She shares this special place with six goats, one guard llama, about two dozen laying hens, a few difficult geese and ducks, seven angora rabbits, a house cat and one yellow Lab. Besides feeding and changing "sheets" for all of the above, Vicki is mining her ten-plus years of columns for the old News-Herald for a book/situation comedy. Listen at your convenience by subscribing to a podcast.
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Magnetic North: Vicki's experience with breast cancer
-In 2006 Vicki was diagnosed with breast cancer. This October she passed a major mile stone for any survivor—five years cancer free.
Magnetic North: Humbled by Nature and Joy
Vicki Biggs-Anderson-Ahhhhh, late summer, my favorite time of year, next to winter, of course.
Magnetic North: Mommie Deer-est and Other Worries
-Welcome back to Magnetic North, where a day-glo yellow carpet of fragrant dandelion blossoms surrounds our farm - a joyous sight for this reformed dandy destroyer.
Magnetic North: Jeepers creepers! Have you heard those peepers?!
-Welcome back to Magnetic North, where getting a decent night’s sleep can be tough if you live within earshot of a lake, pond or big puddle.
Magnetic North: Snow happens - so do joy first
-Welcome back to Magnetic North, a place still thawing out after the longest winter in living memory. At least at this house. Where snow is now just another four-letter word.
Magnetic North: Letting Go Time Of Year
-Welcome back to Magnetic North, where winter is loosening her grip, often with unintended consequences. It’s true.
Magnetic North: Moonstruck By Spring
-Welcome back to Magnetic North, where the color white still dominates the ground around us, reflecting the sun and moon even as it melts quietly into springtime.
Magnetic North: Death By Hanging Basket
-Winter was hungrier than usual this year. Our well-stocked woodshed is nearly bare. So too the hay storage garage.
Laughs, Lies and Pillowcases: My Winter Toolbox
-Welcome back to Magnetic North, where we ricochet between spring mush and winter ice within the space of a long weekend. I prefer mush.
