Hi Thomas, what a fun post here. I've never been to either IN or IL, so that is interesting to me! I'm kind of a sucker for nice shoulders, good picture ;)
I'm 52, and I've been around here on the permies site for a while, so feel free to poke around at any of my posts and comments, they are scattered around everywhere here.
In a nutshell; I'm living in MA now, sold a small farm a few years back, doing urban stuff now. Starting to contemplate what/where the next chapter of my life will look like and where it will be. I've been single for about 15 or so years (I forget the exact year). I raise and train dogs as both a profession and a hobby, kind of a big deal for me. But I have and like cats as well.
Lots of assorted animal care
experience; from
dairy farms as a kid to wildlife rehab to pre-vet classes, to orphaned animal care, dogs I already mentioned, and have raised sheep, pigs, ducks (love them),
rabbits as livestock. Done a bit of tanning. Would love to learn more about hunting and fishing especially.
Gardening, after dogs that's my second love. I've got home gardens as well as two allotment gardens currently.
Reach out and say hello if you'd like. Here, or messages. I don't mind chatting publicly or privately. Have internet 3 days a week so be patient if I don't jump right on a response!