You might wonder why I decided to build the chicken coop myself instead of calling in a handyman and I would answer with two words… pure economics. The truth is I try to do whatever I can myself and only call in the professionals when I must… for things like electrical and plumbing work. Honestly, […]
It seemed hard for me to believe that 15 barely hours-old chicks could be shipped from McMurray Hatchery’s in Iowa to my little post office in Upstate New York – intact and alive to boot. Amazing really! But I placed my trust in the process and with the hatch date for my chicks fast approaching […]
It’s been a long while since I’ve written for my blog and truthfully I’ve missed it. I have been writing in my journal regularly, but that kind of private writing is very different from writing to share and so I’m glad to be back at it. Writing to share makes you think harder, research […]
“Who do I think in am anyway… teaching a watercolor painting class?” That kind of self-talk gets you no where so I dismissed the thought and moved forward boldly last June. You see on June 20th I began teaching a small group of willing students and now four months later we’re still meeting on a […]
Getting back in the saddle after having dismounted so years before can seem a bit daunting – as is the case for me right here and now. What I’m talking about, of course, is blogging… writing… communicating… with who-knows-who and maybe no-one-at-all on the world wide web. Of course, there is always hope that your […]
