Letter to heathens

Dear Godless Redditors, Thank you so much for reading my post about same-sex marriage. Before last Tuesday, I didn’t even believe you existed. After a friend of mine submitted a link to my work to your group on Reddit, you visited the post in droves. I posted that item Monday night. Before I went to [...]

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Fauna of France

Anyone can post postcard-perfect pictures. (And yes, I will too.) In the past two days, though, I’ve been more interested in capturing critters.   Next post: flora of France

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That’s what friends are for

Facebook is a fascinating petri dish. Where else can you find people from all aspects of your life hanging out, sharing information and ribbing each other? Facebook makes it possible for people to have exchanges like this: Granted, as evidenced above, typed words and computer protection can make people say things they might not say [...]

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Egg-citing news!

There is an imposter in our midst. Jeanne is not what the feed store said she was. She is not an Araucana. She does not really have ear tufts but she does have a rump. And, as we found out on Tuesday, she lays pinky-beige eggs, not blue ones. Jeanne was two months behind Trish [...]

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Behind the smiles

We all look so happy in the Halloween photos, but we were hiding some supreme sadness. I felt like Mr. Roarke from “Fantasy Island,” who used to command, “Smiles, Everyone. Smiles!” Maggie the Dog, Beloved Boxer and Killer of Chickens, died peacefully on the operating table at the vet’s office Saturday afternoon. It was very [...]

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Murder, she wrote

Convicted serial killer accused of fifth slaying From Staff Reports BLOOMINGDALE, Ga. — Convicted serial killer Maggie The Dog is the only suspect in the murder of Shelly The Chicken. Shelly’s father, Eddie Concepción, found the bird’s body Sunday night in the back yard of the family home. Maggie’s younger sister, Mona The Dog is [...]

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A chicken comes calling

I’d like to post about Trish’s birthday weekend — also known as the Shock and Awe Safari — but I need to get photos from her. To tide you over until that post, here is an update on Shelly and Jeanne. They don’t hate me anymore, but they are still suspicious of me. (I think [...]

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Somebody’s watching me

I haven’t posted about the chickens, Shelly and Jeanne, for a while. It’s because I hate them. They started it. They hated me first. It doesn’t help that they are so much stinkier and messier than Trish was. But they do seem more interested in me lately. They haven’t run quite as fast when I [...]

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“Right now, you like me!”

I genuinely love my job, and I love the students who take my classes. (I don’t want to call folks “my students” because I don’t own them.) They are bright, inquisitive and funny, and make me glad I get to hang out with them for a living. I’ve been surprised and honored by their generosity [...]

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Loathing, unadulterated loathing

The chickens hate me. Or they are completely terrified of me. Or both. It makes me sad, because Trish loved me. And I’ve done all the same things with them that I did with her, like talking and petting. There’s nothing worse than ungrateful poultry. It’s foul fowl behavior. But I guess I should expect [...]

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