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Lists of skills to pass on to the next generation

September 29, 2020 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

As my kids reach their teens and their time to fly the nest gets closer, I’ve been giving some thought to what I still need to teach them before they tackle the challenges of what’s now called “adulting.” This came to mind because I’m currently reading LaRose: A Novel by Louise Erdrich and, at one…

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Filed Under: Current Affairs, Family

Still here. Really I am. June 2018 edition.

June 2, 2018 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

So it appears it’s been more than a year since I’ve updated this site. Oh, so busy. I’ll dispense with the excuses and begin with the updates…

Filed Under: Current Affairs, Family, Kitchen Gardening, Livestock, Surprises, Wild (And Not So Wild) Life

Fighting the Good Fight for Chickens

May 23, 2016 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

I’ve mentioned our little flock of hens before, but have I mentioned that they are actually forbidden in our neighborhood? We only got ours when it appeared a vote to change the rules was a done deal, but we became renegade chicken-keepers when it failed to pass. I’m not all that proud of the decision,…

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Filed Under: Current Affairs, Livestock

Our First Livestock Loss

October 12, 2014 by Pamela Parker Caird Leave a Comment

It was bound to happen, of course. We prepared ourselves by buying eight chicks, when we only wanted and expected six full-grown hens. Either they would die in chick-hood, we thought, or one of them would turn out to be a cockerel — as sexing chickens at one day old is an inexact science. Or…

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Filed Under: Current Affairs, Food & Drink, Livestock, Nature Tagged With: backyard chicken, chickens, dead chicken, dog and chickens, livestock, loss

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