BY S U Z Y M c C R AY
TRACING MY LIFE THROUGH MAGAZINES AND WORDS
I was reading a 2013 Countryside Magazine late last night when an ad caught my emotions unexpectedly. The ad proclaimed that a particular book about raising sheep by Sue Weaver would contain everything anyone needed to know about raising sheep from choosing them, birthing, pasture raising and more. Why would a book on sheep cause tears to flood my bed? Sue Weaver and her husband, John, were
found dead in their mobile home on their sweet Arkansas farm earlier in July. Both had been sick but it was so unexpected. I had quoted Sue in my June 2020 Cooperative Farming News article about why I choose small goats on our farm as we grew older and she was tickled to help. Although we had never met in person, we had been October/November 2022
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