by Kit Caelsto | May 8, 2024 | Author Life, Homestead Life
Our property is a haven for deer here in the Ozarks. The county in which I live has one of the highest deer harvests during hunting season for all of Missouri. With large wide open grasslands (thanks to cattle farmers), bits of forest, or large tracts of forest in...
by Kit Caelsto | May 6, 2024 | Muse Happens
Luna Lucet By Kit Muse Roshanee sat on her manzanita perch in the corner of the room, eyes half-lidded but ever aware. I watched her, my owl, my socius, thankful I’d bonded to a creature at home in the night. Taking deep breaths, I stood before the altar in my room...
by Kit Caelsto | May 1, 2024 | Homestead Life
Happy May Day! It’s the first of spring and spring has really sprung here on the homestead. Previously I posted about my kitty litter container garden, and I wanted to provide an update. Using square foot gardening plans, I planted most of the containers with...
by Kit Caelsto | Apr 3, 2024 | Animal Companions, Author Life, Homestead Life, Horses
Last week I suggested to spouse that we walk down to get the mail. For context, our driveway is a tenth of a mile, and it was about six in the evening. I’d already fed the horses and they’d gone down to the front of the pasture to graze for the night. But...
by Kit Caelsto | Mar 27, 2024 | Author Life, Fantasy
For at least the last decade the marketing rule of thumb has been “if you write different genres, use different pen names”. Certainly, the truism has always been that if your audiences cannot or should not meet (for example erotic romance and young adult...