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• Lesson 1034 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks “Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people” – Leo Burnett This is a copy... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1033 – All is Well

  

  Just as parents relax with each successive child, so do poultry owners with each successive year. When the hens were young, we would release them into what had... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1032 – This is Not the Amazon

  

  Yesterday I took two of my kids down to Connecticut to see my parents at their assisted living apartment and drop off a Kindle for my mom. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1031 – One of These Things

  

  One of these things is not like the others. This is what you get when you are blinded by emotion. When we picked out our Araucana chicks, one of them had lines ... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1030 – Meet the Muses

  

  This weekend, I housesat for a friend. She needed someone to take care of the pets and I needed solitude to finish my writing. It was a no-brainer to say... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1029 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks Creativity takes courage. Henry Matisse This is the weekend. I’ve been working on a manuscript about our lessons learned from... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1028 – Low-tech Photoshop for Chicks

  

  They finally came! At Easter, two of our kids found mustache photopaddles in their baskets. Why not? They looked like a fun little thing and the best part was... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1027 – Dumb Chick Tricks

  

  night, night, little one. If you’ve been around newborn chicks, you know they have an incredible skill. When you turn baby chicks on their backs, they become... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1026 – Chicklit, I Am

  

  I attended a writer’s workshop this past weekend sponsored by the Romance Writer’s of America, New Hampshire branch. Most everyone there wrote Romance – you... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1025 – Mother’s Day and Peas

  

  What a lovely Mother’s Day I had. It was filled with flowers, thoughtful gifts (including a Jack Sparrow writing muse), books, chicken earrings, humor, and... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1024 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks Little New Hampshire Red Riding Hoods Grown means nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? In ... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1023 – Chick Mix – Product Review

  

  I always, *always* give my chick medicated mash until they are about 5-6 weeks old. It’s that ounce of prevention I use when I get chicks from mass shipments... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1022 – Working with Chicks

  

  WC Fields once said “Never work with children or animals.” While he had intended that to be rather snarky Hollywood advice, (don’t work with anyone or thing tha... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1021 – Babies, Babies, Babies

  

  Last Thursday I got a call. Our local feed store had gotten someone else’s shipment of 900 chicks and because you can’t return chicks in the mail, they had to... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1020 – A Weekend in New Hampshire

  

  This past weekend, I attended a Family support conference in northern New Hampshire. I wanted to give you a short picture tour of what I saw along the way.... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1019 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks Take a look at that egg tooth A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1018 – Zucchini “Cheesecake”

  

  This is not a food blog but as a mom of 6 kids, like it or not, food is a big part of our lives – and when eggs start returning in the spring, we tend to... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1017 – Chicken Nipples (again)

  

  In a recent Chicken workshop I held for our Adult Education Series, I was asked about using chicken nipples as a way to supply water to the flock. We have used... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1016 – Lyme Disease Update

  

  Haven’t done a Lyme Disease update in a bit. I’ve been on antibiotics over the winter and other than the occasional nausea and vomiting, can’t complain, in fact... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 1015 – When the Chicks Are Ready

  

  A friend of mine sent me this advertisement from a local Freecycle site: I discovered in my barn a hen who has been laying on a clutch of eggs for who knows... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION