November 15, 2023
Well friends, I have wonderful news. The publisher and their team decided to launch another calendar based on my book, How to Speak Chicken. Last year’s, calendar was great fun to create. I loved hearing how much many of you enjoyed spending the year with chickens and learning about them. This year’s calendar is brimming …

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September 11, 2023
I’ve been working a lot. My eldest is off to college in his third year and my daughter, who was almost 6 when I started writing this blog is now learning how to drive and in her third year of high school. Time seems to pass so quickly. Chapters close and new chapters arrive. The …

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February 6, 2023
My latest book is here and I am so excited about this one, because it gets to involve you. In fact, you are the author. As we go, I serve guide/prompt/interviewer per se, of you and your adventures with chicken keeping in My Chicken Family. It is a dream to create a book where you …

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November 9, 2022
I’ve been absent. I like to think that I have just been doing a lot of behind the scenes work. I’ve been called upon for some other thing–hard things and feeling like I have made a difference in places other than here, on the website. When I started blogging 12 years ago, I used this …

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January 9, 2022
I love a good soup. There is nothing like enjoying a cup or bowl of soup on a cold wintry night. This lentil and kale soup is perfect after a day outside in the snow or coming in after shoveling the driveway. It is hearty, filling and has a lovely combination of spices that seem …

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About me

Sharing an inspired life from the New England seaside. Chickens, Bees, Gardens, Art and Yummy Goodness.