Thoughts & Musings
Welcome to the Global Cow blogs, written by Jill Stahl Tyler. She writes often, and is published in her local paper in Vermont. There are several categories:
SILVER LININGS
This is a daily response to the COVID-19 pandemic, finding at least one thing positive to come out of it. One comment I’ve heard: “Reading your column of ‘silver linings’ has become one of my ‘silver linings’! Thank you for writing this!”‘
DAIRY DREAMING
These are directly about dairy, and ways to experience ag internationally. Dairy Dreaming also brings any updates on possible new immigration statuses, or any other legislation or any other dairy information that dairy producers will find interesting.
EDUCATION MATTERS
This more traditional column looks at family life, with a particular emphasis on how education shapes us all. Often, it includes a special look into the high school exchange students’ fun while in the USA. It is published mostly bi-monthly in the local paper.
EXCHANGE EXTRAS
This is a special look into the high school exchange students’ fun while in the USA. It includes a lot of heartfelt moments sure to make you pause!
BEAUTY OF THE DAY
Since 2015, I have searched for something beautiful every day, and then posted it to social media. (Follow Global Cow on Instagram to see them–or subscribe to receive them daily.)
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Samples of all blogs (by most current dates).
World Dairy Expo 2021 Location Will Be Madison, Wisconsin
Repeating this from World Dairy Expo's own announcement... This is no April Fool’s joke – World Dairy Expo is officially returning to Madison, Wisconsin this fall! After months of meetings and contingency planning, we are confidently moving forward with plans for the...
J-1 Visa Ban Expires–Some Difficulties Still Remain
April 1, 2021: Good news, The suspension of most H1-B, H-2B, L-1 and J-1 categories (and their dependents) expires today. It had been put in place on June 24, 2020 by a presidential proclamation by President Trump. Trump extended it on December 31, 2020 through March...
Helping Hands
I did the same thing this morning that I do pretty much every morning: I step outside with two buckets of water, ready to take them down to the chickens and the rabbits. There were only two small differences to my daily routine. First, my daughter and I...
One Thing Leads to Another
I made a promise to my virtual exchange students: they would see maple sugaring in March! The only problem with this idea? The weather didn’t cooperate. On the day I had scheduled for our meeting, it was too cold. The sap didn’t run. “No...
Dairying in Peru
What’s it like to dairy in Peru or Ecuador? This is a question Robbie Watson is uniquely qualified to answer. Today, he owns a dairy in Peru—and another in Ecuador. And although Peru and Ecuador are neighboring countries in South America, dairying...
Living Their Best Lives
My friend’s text came through late last night. Her daughter’s next Tanzanian adventure was going swimming with the dolphins! Last week, she sent us photos of elephants. Before that, she was volunteering in an orphanage. She “should” be in...
Project Updates
It’s raining—downright pouring at times. My friends and I are not together today; there is no Sunday doggie playdate that allows us to catch up on everyone’s lives. Instead, we are texting our updates to each other. I was sewing, with the March...
Stability
The weather is too perfect to ignore again today. If southern Vermont hits 50 F in March, we are lucky. We’ve seen 70 a couple of times this week with plenty of temps in the 60’s—with full sun. It’s like we’ve stepped out of a winter’s nap and...
Snippets of Time
It’s Friday. My daughter needs to be in the school for that first block class—but today is a half day. The school is serving as a vaccination site, and they will be on half days for Friday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. My challenge of finding...