by Kit Caelsto | Mar 17, 2025 | Author Life, Homestead Life, Horse Talk
Welcome to the first entry in what I hope will be a new weekly series, Horse Talk With Kit, where I share bits of my life here on the farm that inspire my writings as well as more general horse care information. My goal is to be more transparent (and dare I say it...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 26, 2025 | Cats, Homestead Life
Cats seem to know to find their way to our place. It could be because we’re the only house along the gravel road without at least one dog, or it just could be that the cat distribution system knows where to send cats. Either way I had been putting out food for...
by Kit Caelsto | Feb 19, 2025 | Homestead Life, Horses
When everyone in Westeros started talking about winter’s imminent arrival, I highly doubt it was any of the Starks who contemplated things like water hydrants or how they were going to get water to their livestock. I haven’t read the books beyond the first...
by Kit Caelsto | Jan 29, 2025 | Homestead Life, Horses
After close to six weeks of cold weather, including three weeks of having hoses coiled in my hallway to keep them from freezing so I could water the horses without lugging 10 kitty litter buckets full of water every day, worrying about the possibility of frozen pipes...
by Kit Caelsto | Nov 23, 2024 | Author Life, Homestead Life
I’m really close to re-releasing one of my fantasy books (dragons!) that has sparked an idea (NOOOOOOO! (said the way Kirk says KHAAAAAAAN!) for ways to add to my academy series. Still getting my feet back underneath me from that burnout or whatever the hell it...
by Kit Caelsto | Jun 12, 2024 | Homestead Life
Our homestead is a sanctuary for fauna and flora alike. In 2015 we had a couple pregnant cats come to us, and our cat population blossomed from five to fifteen. All the cats got fixed, and though I found homes for a few of the kittens, most of them stayed here. This...
