Oh my friends, ICE has arrived in Minneapolis and the greater Twin Cities metro. They are driving around unmarked SUVs threatening and intimidating people. Contrary to the lies spewing from the President’s mouth, the state is not overrun by Somali gangs, they do not commit most of the crimes, and 91% of them are U.S. …
Category: Chickens
The End of an Era
Well friends, we reached the end of an era on Monday night with the death of Mrs. Dashwood, last of the Dashwood flock. After nine and half years it started to seem like she would just keep going and going and going even though she had clearly slowed down considerably from her younger days. But …
Sia’s Big Adventure
James’s work schedule is Sunday through Thursday. After running some errands in the morning, he opened the run door to let the chickens wander their own little garden. It has cooled off to more seasonable weather, and James didn’t have the sliding glass deck door open, but the chicken alarm was so loud he still …
Down the Rabbit Hole
This is not a rabbit but an Asiatic lily, var. "Tango" Even as we were literally beating the bushes around the garden trying to evict the second of the two baby rabbits, I read a blog post from an intentional community farm (whose name I cannot at the moment recall) about slow clothing and creating …
Had a Little Vacation
Oh friends, what times we live in! You have probably heard about the assassination of Minnesota State Senator Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog, and the attempted assassination of State Senator Jim Hoffman and his wife, as well as the many names of other people on Boelter’s list. Neither Hortman nor Hoffman are my …
