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R.I.P. Fuzzy

We lost our rooster Fuzzy a couple of weeks ago, but I was way too emotional to post at the time. The original plan in the Fall of 2014 was to only have laying hens. But when we sold/gave away the other cockerels from our first batch of chicks, no one took Fuzzy so he […]

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Avoiding Editing

I’ve taken my capacity to avoid editing to an entirely new level with Catching Echoes, Reconstructionist 1. A sampling of the avoidance techniques I’ve employed in the first three hours of my day are as follows: Completely mapping out the ending of Dowser 9 in my head while taking a shower and blow drying my […]

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10 seconds of chicken TV

Testing video on the new camera … this time in natural, low exterior light. 🙂

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Then the sun set over the chicken coop …

… and all was lovely and well. Though, I wouldn’t complain about having more hours in the day devoted to writing. 😀

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Happy December 1st!

It’s completely and utterly insane that it’s December 1st today … that it is late afternoon on December 1st! I knew it was December 1st this morning because Michael woke me up at 4:30 a.m. singing Christmas carols. There is a ban on carol singing before December 1st in this household, which he finds fairly […]

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Sunset over the grow out coop

Tonight’s lovely sky. We are so blessed. Good night all. Sleep well.  

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Chocolate before 9am

I was just sucking away on some deliciously smooth Boa Sentenca (Cacao Barry) while I cleared out my inbox when it occured to me that it might be a little early in the morning for chocolate, no matter how tasty. And yep, turns out it’s 8:56am as I type this blog post. Chocolate before 9am […]

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First egg!

We moved to Salt Spring Island last September on an adventure. As this adventure unfolded, I decided I would like chickens for the garden … why not dive in? And, yes, going to the Fall Fair might have had something to do with this sudden desire. So chicks aren’t particularly easy to source in the fall, […]

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Too much story…

There is too much story running around my head this morning … and last night all I could dream about was Jade and Warner and all the conversations they need to have or will have but there isn’t ever enough time for any or all of that because life is always happening … or the […]