I’m Sandy Davis, a northern New Hampshire author who writes humorous, heartfelt stories about rural life, animals, family, and the sort of mishaps that are much funnier after everyone survives them. Many of those stories grew into my book, Between the Fenceposts: Tales of Mud, Mayhem, and Manure. Readers have compared my animal-filled storytelling to James Herriot, and one description that still makes me smile is “Erma Bombeck in barn boots.”
When my husband Jim and I moved from southern New Hampshire to way “up nawth” in 2001, we thought we were just “getting away from it all.” Peace, quiet, maybe a moose sighting or two. We weren’t planning to swap paved driveways for muck boots and birthing kits—but nature had other plans.
The forest here grows fast—trees creeping in like toddlers with peanut butter. To reclaim our view, we turned to animals: pigs and sheep to chew the brush, goats to stir up chaos, chickens for fresh eggs (and daily comedy), and of course, a guardian dog to keep watch. Before long, we had a full-blown farm ecosystem.
That’s when the questions started: “Any extra eggs?” “Do you sell lamb?” “What does goat milk taste like?” And just like that, we found ourselves farmers — not the bib-overalls kind (though Mondays come close), but the hay-in-our-hair, early-morning chore kind. And honestly? We wouldn’t trade it. Even the rooster at 5 AM earns his keep in stories.
This blog is where I share those stories — the funny, the frustrating, and the fencepost-worthy moments of life on the farm. Sometimes the best things in life sneak up on you… hopefully not in the form of a loose sheep.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy these tales from the farm — and maybe even laugh a little along the way.
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