Then one summer afternoon I walked towards the woods on my way to pick elderberries. Butterflies flew above the daises, buttercups, and black-eyed susans on both sides of the path. My long dress brushed over the tall grass as I walked through the meadow behind the chicken coop with a peck basket under my arm. I had just passed the […]
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Hello All, I know I said I would only post once a week, but I wanted to let you know that you are in the right place… I gave my blog a bit of a facelift. I also wanted to introduce you to David’s new blog about his miniature building designs in wood. I had done a giveaway a while
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One day I had gone out to get a pail of water from the pump by the barn, when a sound made me look up. One of the roosters was chasing a hen. When he caught up to the hen, she crouched down, and the rooster got on top of her back. I didn’t know this was normal behavior for
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The other day, Shirley Showalter had a guest writer on her blog, 100 Memoirs. Britt Kaufmann wrote a mini-memoir on raising chickens that triggered some memories of my own. I thought I would share my own rooster story with you. On a Sunday afternoon we were eating popcorn and drinking grape juice, when we heard a loud racket. A big
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Several times during my book talks, I’ve had someone ask what a typical day was like when I was growing up. I can never give a straightforward answer because there isn’t one. It depended upon what season of the year it was, what day of the week, and what needed to be done. I remember vividly that in July we
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Erik Wesner posted something on Amish America this week that I couldn’t help but respond to. To understand my comments, one really needs to read his post, which you can do by clicking here.I responded in the comments section, and I am posting these comments here: In reading through the original post and then the comments, I have to say
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