I lived in West Orange New Jersey from the ages of 1-8. On summer nights all the neighborhood kids would file onto the sidewalks after...

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed”, he was right. We are dealing...

I had a birthday in February, I turned 63. It was just another day in what is becoming a long life. When I was in my late 50’s and...

I recently watched a show on National Geographic about sound (called Welcome to Earth on Disney + hosted by Will Smith). I learned so...

2021 has certainly been quite a year! As amazing as it is to give our residents a good life, it is meeting people that I find very...

We had the opportunity to travel to South Africa and stay in a private game reserve inside the Pilanesberg National Park, just a couple...

First, I want to thank everyone that reached out to me after last month’s blog on my depression. It is comforting to know I am not alone,...

I had a different blog ready to go this month but could not wait any longer to discuss depression. I have hesitated to write about this...

This is a story about Roo, one of our nice roosters – who got me thinking that I need to redefine what I consider as an animal’s ‘best...

In 1869, Caroline Earl White along with 30 other ladies founded the first animal shelter in the United States called the Pennsylvania...

Although it has been over a half century since I was a young boy, I still remember that exhilarating feeling of running. Whether it was...

I retired this past month, thus beginning the final chapter of my life. I struggled a bit with the thought of retirement, after all, old...

Here at Butterfly Field Farm, we have what I would consider a smallish sanctuary, 47 rescues and fosters and 10 pets who were not...

We have not had many happy endings around here the past few months, or at least that is how it feels. And after the vet came to look at...

A year ago, I had exactly zero experience caring for farm animals. Sure, I have had cats and dogs and a fish tank or two, but that is it....

We all learn from a young age about the circle of life, you are born, you live and then you die. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Like most...

One of the biggest thrills I get when spending time with our residents, is seeing different species interacting and getting along. Eating...

This month we lost our one-year-old donkey Chip to what is believed to have been a genetic heart problem. This was undoubtedly the lowest...

Most of us remember that line from the movie Field of Dreams, others will know it from the bible where God answers Noah’s question of...

This past month we were contacted by a family that needed to rehome two cows quickly because they needed to relocate for a job. These two...