New Book is so close I can taste it!

by | Sep 17, 2015 | Drunk on Peace and Quiet

The final proof has left the printing company!  Drunk on Peace and Quiet is about to be hatched into a tangible book!  If there are no errors in the proof, the next step is ordering the books.  I am fairly dancing with excitement waiting to hold the book in my hands....

Chicken Murderer Caught!

by | Sep 12, 2015 | Farm Living

CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV. September 11, 2015…At 10:30 PM a live possum was discovered in the box trap just outside the chicken coop. During the weeks since the last chicken death, there have been no eggs gathered and tonight no birds had come home...

KBRW Live Interview

by | Aug 19, 2015 | Sundry Notes

  Excited and a bit nervous today preparing for a long distance interview on Barrow’s radio station KBRW. It happens tomorrow (Thursday, August 20) at about 7:45 AM Alaska time. I expect to be asked questions about Kiita and Pluto as well as about my new...

Kickstarter Update – sample artwork

by | Aug 15, 2015 | Kickstarter

Our kickstarter.com goal has been met (and more!). It runs until August 22. The artwork that it funded for my new book is being created – here is the latest update with some sample images. PROGRESS: More “Paintings,” Teaser Addition, and Radio...

CNN Update August 7, 2015

by | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living

CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside WV: Grandma’s Security camera captured an image Thursday (the night after the murder). It has been sent to a lab in Cordon Bleu, France for analysis, but sources at the security service believe it shows a possum or maybe a...

CNN Update August 6, 2015

by | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living

CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV: One dead in apparent home invasion: The body of Buffina, a plump year old hen was found outstretched in the coop this morning around 6:30 AM. Associates of Grandma’s Security reported that they secured the front door of...

Sheep Issues

by | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living

FarmFarm life is never dull. Sheep Bob has worms (whip worms and strongyles). He has been grumpy and disgustingly soiled lately. Giving him a shot tonight. Isabel (grand girl) and I had collected a fecal sample two weeks ago and searched it under her little microscope...

CNN Update July 22, 2015: Chickens at Camp

by | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living

CNN [Chicken News Network] Forest Hill, WV – July 22: After two days of a MoCo 4-H Camp class titled Chicken Whisperer in which campers learn therapy with chickens and activities with chickens, the leader of the class [me] was a broken woman. In...

CNN Update July 11, 2015

by | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living

CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV — 6:30 AM NO FOWL PLAY in yesterday’s death! A cause of death has been determined: cardiac infarction due to stress from unknown sources. Extreme heat in the coop is a possibility as is change of schedule, bullying...

CNN Update 2 July 10, 2015

by | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living

CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV — 4:00PM: This just in, the report on the body of the dead hen has been finalized and it is a weird one. The bird was seated in the floor under the roost and had poop on her head (pointing to the possibility that she died...