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Bears and Snakes – gratitude and a confession

If you’re going to sleep next to someone, make sure it’s your hero.

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Garden Photo Post Self Reliance

Our Winter Garden

Because we live on a sunny piece of property only 35.57° north, we have access to homegrown food every day of the year.

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Animals Closet of Anxieties Politics Self Reliance

The Race

I spent much of September watching the hummingbirds fight over sugar water. What a waste of energy, I thought.

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Chicken TV

“Chicken TV is keeping me sane,” she says, as we soak in that timeless world, mesmerized by their languid pecking and the occasional drop of a leaf.

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Animals Food Self Reliance The Virus

Trendy and Cute

“Notice anything different about this one?” Shelley asks, holding a newly-feathered chicken with both hands. It’s an Australorp, she tells me.