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I just completed an interview about my books and writing. Lots of questions. I came up with lots of answers. Somehow, I always do. I can do some talking with my fingers. 🙂 The last question asked me to tell them something quirky about myself. Now, how would you answer that? Quirky? I’m a fairly plain old country girl who …
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. ~Mark Twain We’ve named a puppy. We’ve named a cat. We’ve even named two horses and a dog. You all have been wonderful name pickers. With these dog names, you have me second guessing naming Frankie Frankie. Maybe I should have …
It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs. (Margaret Thatcher) Last week while my daughter was visiting Christmas week, we visited a nearby chicken farm. The farm is a couple of miles away from where I live, but I might never have known that except for their hen guarding dog, Bunny. Last year …
Did you ever raise chickens? Maybe you’re one of the many backyard chicken owners right now. I’m not, but when I was a kid we always had chickens. You had to if you lived on a farm. It must have been a rule. I’m just kidding about the rule part, but every farm I knew about had hens. Fresh eggs …
Every day can bring a blessing or many blessings, but then there are days where the shadows of hard things happening make those blessings more difficult to see. This weekend has been like that. My mother fell on Friday morning. At first we hoped she was only bruised, but as the day went on, it was obvious something bad was wrong. She couldn’t bear …