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The New Girls
Hello friends, it’s been a little while, but I’m happy to finally come back to chicken news (one of my favorite topics) from Carriage...
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Jan 26, 20248 min read


The Dog Days of Summer
How do you stay cool when the thermostat pushes around 100 degrees? When the temperatures are that hot John and I usually try to get...
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Aug 31, 20213 min read


The Story of Luckie Blue
One morning, a couple of weeks ago, I was in gym class preparing to be slayed by my Body Pump instructor, when my friend walked in just...
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Jul 30, 20215 min read


The Egg
A chicken and an egg walk into a bar. The barman says, “Who’s first?” O.k., I’m scrambling for an egg joke here, but I just can’t seem to...
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Jan 31, 20214 min read


Happy New Year
As the weather forecast predicted yesterday on New Year’s Eve afternoon, we awoke this morning to the Midwest’s first big snow and ice...
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Dec 31, 20204 min read


Chick Issues
Chick issues. Sounds a little like a conversation one might have with a teenage boy, doesn’t it? I wish that were the case. The boy might...
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Nov 30, 20204 min read


High Class Real Estate
While living in New York, there were several times over the years when I had to go on the dreaded “apartment hunt.” Any New Yorker will...
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Aug 31, 20206 min read


Baby Animals
Ah, Motherhood, that wonderful time of life, full of new beginnings. I think I now understand what being a new mommy feels like. The...
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Jul 31, 20207 min read


Here chick, chick, chick!
As John and I were about to take the plunge into early retirement and move back to his hometown near Kansas City at the end of this past...
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Feb 11, 20202 min read
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