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• Lesson 1328 – Best Advice for Fighting a Stubborn Cold

  

  Weeks of stuffy, running noses and coughs from all the mucous. Not getting much sleep. I’ve asked my students and friends about this and they’ve all reported... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1327 – Find the Puppy

  

  If you’ve been following this blog, you know that Pippin, my faithful little Maltese is also my writing buddy. If I’m in my office, he’s in his chair (it used t... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1326 – Senior Year Memories

  

  This is the kind of picture you take when you are a little bored while waiting for one of your chick’s senior appreciation Volleyball game to start. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1325 – Life Lessons from Presidential Candidates

  

  Along the journey my daughters have taken as the Presidential Selfie Girls, where they have listened to and taken a selfie with each Presidential Candidate,... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1324 – Bucket List and New Hampshire

  

  This weekend my mom came to visit New Hampshire. During my last trip with her she had started a bucket list and “See New Hampshire in the Fall” was #3 on the... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1323 – The Writer’s Muse

  

  When I have a free day I try to go to the library the next town over where they have the space and quiet I need to set up and write for hours. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1322 – Moving Forward

  

  That’s Gimpy, sitting among the flock. Gimpy, our little hen who had been viciously attacked during the summer continues to amaze us. Although fully healed,... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1321 – A Respite in the Woods

  

  September 22nd was our 25th Wedding anniversary. It’s been 25 years filled with 6 kids, more pets than I can count, events that have scared us to near to death... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1320 – A Failure

  

  “Hey mom, I didn’t know we had lilacs in our backyard.” *sigh* – clearly I am a failure as a mother. *** Wendy Thomas writes about the lessons learned while... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1319 – Adjusting the Balance

  

  Marc’s been out of town this week and so it’s been *just* four of the kids and me. Also School’s back in session and with it come the sports schedules and the... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1318 – Tips for Participating in a Night Color Run

  

  This past weekend, I, along with a few of my friends, participated in a Night Color run. It’s a 5K un-timed run or, as was in my case, walk that’s held at... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1317 – September 11

  

  It’s September 11. What a devastating day. Thanks go to our military for helping make sure it doesn’t ever happen again. *** Wendy Thomas writes about the... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1316 – Apologies to Euell

  

  This is one of those years where we seem to have a million acorns falling from the trees. Yesterday I even got hit in my back with one as I walked to the hen... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1315 – a Chic Chick

  

  If you choose to share your life with chickens, then people tend to share chickens with you. I was recently gifted with this little beauty. It was waiting just... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1314 – Updates and Super-mama Hen

  

  I know I was absent all last week but I had some good reasons. I had my annual visit with friends and went to the US Open, it was the last full week of summer,... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1313 – Down for the Count

  

  Something out there is taking me to the mat. I can barely breathe for the congestion. Puffy eyes, stuffy nose, sneezing, I feel like a commercial. Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1312 – My Cup of Tea

  

  It can be difficult work being a writer. There are good times when the work seems to come in a regular flow and there are tough times when you have no idea... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1311 – When a Hawk Attacks Your Flock

  

  Yesterday a local backyard flock owner contacted me because a “big, grey bird” (probably an osprey or a peregrine falcon) had attacked her flock. Although it... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1310 – The Heartbeat of Home

  

  Sent chick #4 off to college today. It leaves the girls in high school and two of the boys, one of which is working full time, the other attending college... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1309 – Coming Home

  

  I know, as a mama hen you are not supposed to have favorites, (Zelda) but when you have a flock, you come to realize that some birds tend to be a little more... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION