Wendythomas

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1241 )

• Lesson 631 – Fatti-Madi and the Library Director(s)

  

  As many of you know I am a Library Trustee for our town. Our library director; Janet Angus announced her retirement this summer and so the trustees went about... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 630 – Hear Me Roar

  

  A few weeks back on a marketing blog, I wrote a post about how “Bic for her is not for me.” In the post I talked about current politics and how women were... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 629 – Finding Your Way Back Home

  

  When one decides to share one’s life with chickens (and then goes and writes about those experiences) one starts receiving a lot of chicken items. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook: Easy Lunch Boxes – and the World’s Best...

  

  Back in the day when I was writing a column about being thrifty (as opposed to now writing a column about family finances) I reviewed a product called Easy... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 FOOD & DRINK, RECIPES

• Lesson 628 – Fatti-Madi and the Vice President of the United States

  

  This weekend Marc and I covered Joe Biden’s visit to our town. Marc was the photographer, I was the writer. Two of our kids were free to attend so we grabbed... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 627 – Quotable Chicks and Pie (but Not Mine)

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks I know, it was another week where I didn’t post every day but things are starting to settle down and so I should be getting back... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 626 – Cooler Nights, Keeping the Chickens Warm

  

  Keep me safe Public service reminder here. Now that the weather is turning cooler at night (we’ve already had a frost) there will be many new chicken owners... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 625 – More on Those “quill Feathers”

  

  Yesterday, in response to my post about our Serama’s “porcupine feathers”, a reader (and facebook friend) Robin Mather (who wrote The Feast Nearby – if you... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 624 – A New Set of Feathers for One of Our 3 Witches

  

  Okay, this weekend we noticed something weird with one of our Serama “three witches.” If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that it seemed like our Frizzle... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 623 – Human Bugs and Feet

  

  Somehow, out of the entire household, (and that includes a flock of kids returning to schools) I am the only person in our family who seems to have picked up a... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 621 – 9/11 and the Flock

  

  Talking about a pie today just doesn’t seem right. It is a sober day, one for reflection of what we lost so many years ago and also, what we found. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 621 – Quotable Chicks

  

  “A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.” Jean Paul Richter Although timid I am on occasion, ... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 620 – A New Set of Feathers for Our Frizzle

  

  You are not going to believe this one. You know how just a few weeks ago, I wrote about our frizzle (Ms. Frizzle) and told you that she had pretty much lost... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 620 – Wishes of Strength to Judy Blume from Judy-Blume

  

  I’ve just heard of Good Egg Judy Blume’s adventure with cancer (she doesn’t want to use the terms struggle and battle.) She blogs about the diagnosis and her... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 619 – Feeding the Flock

  

  I know I’ve fallen behind a little on this blog. Trust me, it’s not for lack of love but rather for lack of time. Flock members have gotten sick and chicks... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 618 – Releasing of the Chicks

  

  This morning was our annual day-before-the-first-day of school party. I’m not even sure how this little tradition started but we’ve been doing it for years. Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 617 – The Tools of Tending a Flock

  

  When people ask me what it takes to tend to a flock of chickens, I tell them that in order to raise good strong chickens that will someday contribute to the... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 616 – Fatti-Madi Meets President Obama (again)

  

  On Saturday Marc and I went to see President Obama as he made a campaign stop in Windham NH. I went as a member of the press and Marc was in the crowd taking... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 615 – Quotable Chicks

  

  Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks Found this little lovely at a thrift store last week. Never lose a chance of saying a kind word. Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lesson 614 – Wasps in the Hen House

  

  Photo credit: computerhotline On my post about mucking out the hen house, a friend left a comment about how he had a wasp’s nest in his henhouse. There were... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION