Femivore?

  • Post published:03/14/2010
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First you need to know that I raise chickens, and have for the past 30 years. I do not look like this, although I do have roses growing in  the Shed Bed, next to the hen house. Peggy Ornstein in The New York Times today talks about "femivorism" and the part chickens play. I did not get my chickens because I thought it was part of good parenting practice. My five children were teenagers or older by the…

On Little Cat Feet

  • Post published:03/14/2010
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Spring is creeping in slowly on little cat feet. When I drove past my friend Paul's house I saw the fat pussies on his willow by the side of the road. I dashed home to see if my pussywillow was blooming.  Both of us have bushes growing in a wet spot, and both produce fat soft  pussies. Alas, my bush is just beginning to bloom. Why the difference?  Micro-climate?  Very different variety?