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Kindness Matters

March 1, 2016

Photo Credit: Scratch and Peck A few days ago, a chicken with pinless peepers popped up in my newsfeed. Pinless peepers are these chicken-like glasses that block them from seeing directly what is in front of them. Chickens with these pinless peepers can still see to eat and drink. For the…

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Happiness is a Flock of Chickens

January 22, 2015

After keeping chickens for a while and spending time with them, I think you will realize that there is a great deal that people can learn from watching a flock grow old together. I’ve been feeling so saddened lately with all that I am hearing, watching, and reading about in the world. Sometime I begin…

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Tilly Considers an Egg

September 19, 2014

Patience. Love. Understanding. Encouragement. It all happened in under a 5 minute time period out in the coop yesterday morning between Tilly and Oyster Cracker. Yesterday morning, I opened up the coop door and let the vivacious young uns out along with the old ladies. I could hear everyone chattering up at storm out in…

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Being Vulnerable

January 17, 2014

Earlier this week, if you follow me on Facebook, you saw that I hurt my foot. I actually walked into the couch during my typical morning family routine. I was rushing and the couch surely won. At first, I felt no pain. This was how I knew that I had done a doozy on my…

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Giveaway: Cinders-A Chicken Cinderella Story Tour Prize Package

December 6, 2013

I started reading Jan’s books to my children even before they could listen to the words. We gazed for hours at her illustrations. My children learned animal names from her books. Sometimes, my son would even make me flip back to the previous page to look and linger some more. Her attention to detail is…

Chickens Stories from Our Nest

How Does Your Heart Grow?

July 15, 2013

Happy to sit in my lap. The chickens make me laugh, especially Oyster Cracker these days. Early in the mornings, I see her peeking out the coop window, looking for me. As the others are busy laying eggs, eating and waking up, there she sits perched in the coop calling out to me with her…

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A History Lesson

October 14, 2012

My parents got divorced when I was sixteen years old. My mother moved us across the country from the east coast to the west coast. I had little time to prepare. I was given 3 days notice to pack the things nearest and dearest to my heart into two 3 feet cubed boxes. We were…

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No Place Like Home

August 16, 2012

Chicken Abbey Road It is always such a wonderful feeling to return home after some time away. I am always eager to check on the girls and see how they adapted to life without us. We are fortunate to have some of the best chicken sitters around, but somehow, I can’t help but think they…

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

Kindness Matters

Happiness is a Flock of Chickens

Tilly Considers an Egg

Being Vulnerable

Giveaway: Cinders-A Chicken Cinderella Story Tour Prize Package

How Does Your Heart Grow?

A History Lesson

No Place Like Home

About me

My Chicken Family

The 2023 How to Speak Chicken Calendar is Here

Changing Seasons and a Thankful Heart

Begin, Again

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