GRATITUDE AND PURPOSE
‘“What are you good at?” “What work needs doing?” And “What brings you joy?” Where those three things overlap is the opportunity for...
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Kathy Halamka
- Nov 7
HEALTHY AND HAPPY GOALS
It has been a year of unique medical challenges for some rescues. Sometimes despite the best care provided by our team and veterinarians...
Kathy Halamka
- Oct 7
PENNY BLOSSOM
Let's start upbeat and we will ease you into the heart of the news. In July, 8 years ago, Miss Penny Blossom entered this world, and was...
Kathy Halamka
- Sep 13
TO SAY NO
Sanctuary life is not all blue skies and easy days I had to say no today. I did not cause the problem, and I did not create the situation...
Kathy Halamka
- Sep 5
ATTUNED TO WHAT LIFE BRINGS US
Sanctuary life is like anyone's everyday busy lives, but a really condensed, amplified, and “filled to the brim” version of everyday life...
Kathy Halamka
- Aug 15
HOPE. SINCERITY. POSSIBILITY.
"Cringe: the ultimate insult of our era. It implies a kind of pathetic attachment to hope, to sincerity, to possibility." (Lydia Polgreen...
Kathy Halamka
- Jul 18
FINDING SUCCESS STORIES
It is hard to keep track of all the communications. The calls and emails don’t stop for nightfall or weekends or holidays. Several times...
Kathy Halamka
- Jun 23
TAKE THE LEAP
Journeys begin much earlier than we might at first think they do. Did this Sanctuary journey begin when I saved a caterpillar or a spider...
Kathy Halamka
- May 17
NETWORK. NETWORK. NETWORK.
One saying tells us “It takes a village” to do some things, like raise a child. I would add to that: this is vital as well to the world...
Kathy Halamka
- Apr 13
DIARY OF A DAY
Every day is different with new highs and new lows, changes, challenges and decisions. People who work in Rescue and in Sanctuary are...
Kathy Halamka
- Mar 29
QUEEN ROGER
(photo is Staffperson Annabelle with Queen Roger) Spring is really showing up here at the Sanctuary - everyone is shedding, pigs are...
Kathy Halamka
- Mar 8
STEPPING UP
2023 is the year for the Sanctuary to step up! We are stepping up with rescues’ enrichment: more toys and more interaction and...
Kathy Halamka
- Feb 7
CHICKENS AND ROOSTERS
Winter is often a northern gardener's dreaming-time month, with seed catalogs arriving in the mail to tempt. Each gardener is waiting for...
Kathy Halamka
- Jan 5
RESCUES LOVE TREATS
Sixty mammals and two hundred and twenty five birds.They all love treats! If you know a little bit about us, I suspect you know Dudley...
Kathy Halamka
- Dec 14, 2022
WINTER SOLSTICE
First snowfall of December brings a hush in the night, as the snow muffles the sounds. Not only does the cold change the ground, the air,...
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