Chickens in the Road

Does It Mean Anything that Poverty, Perseverance, and Passion All Start with a P?

Suzanne McMinn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:05:16 +0000

I spent the past two weeks working on this really long list of to-do’s on my website. Things that needed updating, revamping, recreating, and reimagining. Don’t you just love the word reimagine? It oozes the power of doing something fantastical twice. Life should be reimagined regularly. So anyway, I got all done with this [...]

Exquisite

Suzanne McMinn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:00:31 +0000

Grandmother Bread with Fresh Berries

Suzanne McMinn — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:05:40 +0000

It’s a beautiful time of year. A beautiful berry time of year, that is. I love berries. Who doesn’t? (No, actually, I know people who don’t like fruit! What’s up with that???) Blueberries are one of my favorites. Along with strawberries and blackberries. (It’s almost blackberry picking [...]

Stocked

Suzanne McMinn — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:00:12 +0000

One-Trick Donkey

Suzanne McMinn — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:05:54 +0000

I love my little donkey. Pocahontas is soooo sweet. I want to get her a straw hat with ribbons and teach her to do tricks. But every time I go down to see her, she just starts bellowing. I mean, bellowing. Like a dingo just stole her baby, it’s that pathetic. And then I feel [...]

Fast Friends

Suzanne McMinn — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:00:14 +0000

Free

Suzanne McMinn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:05:40 +0000

Our sheep were free. All six of them. We have five free ducks. Two free pigs. And free “old” grocery produce to feed the pigs. A couple dozen free chickens. And a couple of free feed troughs. Free wood from old buildings being torn down. Free pallets we made into gates. Free seeds for the garden. Jack was free, too. And he came with a free [...]

Boomer’s Other Name is Freebie

Suzanne McMinn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:00:05 +0000

The Coming of Sprite

Suzanne McMinn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:05:33 +0000

Photos: Bob Lewis. Sprite is a fainting goat. Fainting goats have a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita that causes them to abruptly fall over when they’re startled. (It’s painless, though it can be hilarious.) Supposedly this trait was bred into them so that they could be placed with flocks of sheep as [...]

Unexpected

Suzanne McMinn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:00:23 +0000