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Wendy Thomas
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Life lessons learned from raising a flock of children and chickens in northern New England.
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Lesson 896 – A Shoot of a Different Kind
This Thursday the Merrimack Library Trustees (of which I am one) are holding a Turkey Shoot.Honestly, I don’t know if this is a New Hampshire thing or not, but... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 895 – Quotable Chicks
Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksI do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.Dolph... Read more
Posted on 15 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 894 – Lyme Disease Thursday – Status Week 9
I’m continuing with the Lyme antibiotic medication and having very few complications (read vomiting episodes.) The headaches I had a while back seem to have als... Read more
Posted on 14 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 893 – Embracing the Life of Chickens
When you choose to live with chickens (or with any other living creatures), you choose to embrace life as it comes at you.Let’s face it, life is real. Life is... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 892 – You May Not Want to Read This One
This post is about killing a chicken, if that upsets you or if you don’t want to read any further then turn back now.Spoiler alert – it ain’t pretty.This... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 891 – Veterans Day
Currently having a child in the military makes be hyper-aware of holidays like Veterans Day and Memorial Day, where we give recognition and sincere thanks for... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2013 SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 890 – Quotable Chicks
Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks“Clutter is my natural habitat.“Maggie StiefvaterThis is what we handed out for Halloween (yup, we’re the family that refuses to... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 889 – Lyme Disease Thursday – Status Week 8
The end is in sight.Guess what I did last night?I ordered my last refill of antibiotics. That’s right, I have one more month to go on the medication and then I... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 888 – Chickens and More Chickens
For those who are on the Storm-watch, she continues to do well. During the day she’s in a protected playpen with her 2 best buds, and at night, she still comes... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 887 – Storm Tracking
For those of you on the “Storm Watch” – Storm continues to get stronger every day. Her butt is scabbed over and while there is still a lot of skin exposed,... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2013 PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 886 – Quotable Chicks
Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksPeople have been asking me about Storm, so today, although I normally put up a quote, I’ll leave you to enter the weekend with som... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 885 – Lyme Disease Thursday – Status Week 7
Last week I wrote about how Doc Holiday wants our “Bart kids” (2 are being treated) to be on antibiotics for the life cycle of a red blood cell (120 days or... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 884 – Chicken ICU (again)
One of our bantams is in Chick-ICU.Although our three “this-season-new” bantams seemed to be getting along with the rest of the flock, (they’ve spent nights in... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2013 HOME, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 882 – A Game of Chicken
If you follow my Thursday posts, you know that I have been diagnosed with chronic Lyme and am currently being treated for it with large amounts of antibiotics. Read more
Posted on 28 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 881 – Quotable Chicks
Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksWhen I was a kid, my parent moved a lot, but I always found them. Rodney DangerfieldMy daughters like to use an application... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 880 – Lyme Disease Thursday – Status Week 6
I definitely have a love-hate relationship with theseOne of the frustrating things about treating Lyme disease is that it takes a long time – where not much... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2013 PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 879 – Feathers and Time
Boy, are some of my girls looking a little ragged. I’m definitely looking forward to the molt season ending.Of course, not all of it is due to molting, some of... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 878 – The Babies Move into the Henhouse
After a few weeks of letting our 3 babies free range with the rest of the flock (and learning that one of our brown chickens does not particularly care for them... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 877 – Fresh Eggs Daily by Lisa Steele – Book Review
Last week I taught part one of my two-part Chicken Owning workshop for our town’s Adult Education program. I always have a lot of fun teaching the class and... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION -
Lesson 876 – Quotable Chicks
Friday’s Quotes for the ChicksIf you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Dalai Lama Read more at... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, HOME, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION