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When you live in the country, you get used to certain inconveniences.   The grocery store is ten miles away.  The fire department is volunteer.  The roads don’t always get plowed.  And it’s hard to get fast internet.  Or cheap internet.  Don’t even think about streaming video. And don’t get me started about phone service. Wait.  […]

As usual, I am making excuses for not having posted recently.  At the moment, my life can best be described as ‘all hell breaking loose.’  But usually, I don’t wake up to such an obvious confirmation of it. We have an electronic weather station in the living room that is supposed to keep us abreast […]

Not as ominous as it seems, I swear.  At least, I hope not. This is the last day of high school for #2 son.  Also, the last high school project, which is an epic presentation on Somali piracy for International Relations.  There is a six foot long boat made of pink board on my dining […]

Only days after taking a firm, No chicken stance, I am reconsidering poultry. Not chickens. I still don’t want those. Someone at church was selling brown eggs. I am stocked, and one degree of separation from the hens. That is just about perfect. But as I was driving to town this morning, I saw something […]

It was chick day at the local farm supply store yesterday. This is the day when the order of baby chickens is ready for pick up. I love chick day. It’s like live action Easter, with cute little peep peeping babies scratching, fluffing, eating and sleeping. I can watch them for a few minutes. Go […]