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Chickens on Ice

January 21st, 2015 · No Comments · rural life

About the worst thing that can happen in the depths of January is a two-day thaw accompanied by heavy rains. As sure as day follows night, all that lovely snow will be melted away only to turn into a sheet of ice when temperatures return to sub-freezing normal. With the right gear, I manage to […]

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Baby, It’s Cold Outside

January 11th, 2015 · No Comments · rural life

It was a chilly 13 degrees below zero when dawn broke the other morning and the least alarmed seemed to be our livestock. Even the chickens were out and about unfazed. It’s just us humans who take special note of these extremes. But where would we be without electricity when the world is frozen over? […]

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New Day

October 26th, 2014 · No Comments · rural life

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