Thank you, Madeleine L’Engle

For one of my favorite books in the world:  A Wrinkle in Time.  And I know it’s far-fetched, but our three guinea hens are named after the 3 wise women or witches in the book.  Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which.  They are all that are left of our brood of 16.  Mrs. Which, [...]

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It can always be worse

Another crazy week.  On Saturday the rain was incredibly nasty and the temperature plummeted.  John got a wonderful fire going in the fireplace and I was feeling down with a cold, so I gave myself permission to sit in front of the fire with a few good books and the chihuahua and jack russell on [...]

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Dog magnets

Are the words “dog” and “magnet” written over our front door or on our foreheads???  Maybe.  Or just:  2 big animal suckers live here?  We have had a chihuahua and a lab for many years, but then few years ago we inherited a Jack Russell from friends, and now it appears that our son’s dog [...]

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Oh No, Not Again :* (

Josie in her usual attitude of watchful good-humor Josie the Jack Russell is usually a perky and lively pooch, a great companion. But, when I opened the door to let her out this morning and she couldn’t even see the back steps for all the **snow**, this is what she did: The goats didn’t seem [...]

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