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The Fighting Limit

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I’m guessing that everyone has a point at which they bow out of a fight. Maybe it’s when they’re outnumbered ten to one, when the other guy’s holding a bazooka, when children are hostage, or maybeÂ they’re just tired and will pass on this one. Tonight, I discovered that I won’t fight my husband. Okay, that’s

Be Prepared (for something)

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By tomorrow night I need to be 100% ready for an early morning flight to Yellowstone. Â As a sensible individual, I’ve taken some steps to get ready. Â My preparations include: An empty suitcase with two items of clothing laid on top. A batch of wet laundry. A tentative confirmation from an untrained friend willing to

Wanted: A Misplaced (no longer retained) Manuscript

30JuneSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Writing

This was supposed to be the post in which I announced how wonderful it is to be editing. Â When friends such as Pat Esden talked about how much they enjoyed editing and re-writing their WIP, I wondered who their dealer was. But I’ve really been loving round two. Â It’s been nearly six months since I

Life After the Fox

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Our chickens are no longer innocent chicks, convinced that the world means them no harm. Â One of their number disappeared right about the same time I spotted a red fox in a nearby field…and she left behind a ball of feathers. Her roommates weren’t too happy about it. Â They’ve been acting more cautious–especially around our

An Apricot Garden

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There’s more than one use for a flower pot, as this picture shows. This is Apricot’s favorite place to curl up, which gives me an excellent excuse to put off planting some mundane variety of flower!

Water, Water, Everywhere

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It’s been raining for days, maybe weeks. Â This morning when the sun came out, we all went outside and stared at the big yellow thing in the sky and debated over where it had come from. Â After rubbing away the after image, we scraped off the green scum that had grown on us while we

The Much Anticipated Chicken Update

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I know you’ve been holding your breath, so here it is. The chicks have grown and become chickens, in the way chickens do, and astonishingly we still have six of them. They’re learning to tolerate Zeke with only a squawk or two, and even put up with Apricot’s watchful eyes. However, they have yet to

A Snappy Introduction

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This is a baby snapping turtle that showed up on our driveway, no idea where from. Â It’s not like we’ve got any swamp land close. For a trespasser, he looks innocent enough, even cute, but I’ve met his kind before. Four years ago, when we moved to North Carolina, I was welcomed by this little

…otherwise known as Spring Cleaning?

9MaySuzanneHome in the Rookery

Yesterday we flooded the basement. Or at least gave it a hasty baptismÂ andÂ impromtu reorganization.Â What began with a simple, routine change of the sediment filter took a quick course change when we found that turning off the pump and shutting off the main water valve into the house were not enough–it’s difficult to say, in

Inside Out Chickens

25AprilSuzanne3 CommentsHome in the Rookery

Yesterday when I came home, I found the cat sitting soaking up some sun–inside the chicken coop. The chicks, on the other hand, were wandering around under the trees. I can’t imagine what gave them the urge to relocate.Â After my first laugh,Â I did a quick count and realized that we were missing the sixth

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