our barred rocks…all grown up

the hens are only one month old and look how much they’ve grown! to compare, here’s one from a week ago:
chicks near the brooder
today was one of the first sunny days in a while. temperatures were in the 70s (yay!) and it was just what i needed to get over the horrible cold/flu that has had [...]

identity crisis

Although one should probably just resist labelling altogether, in academia I find that branding is very important. For instance, in our English department the “not literature” and “not creative writing” degree track at the undergraduate level is called “writing and culture.” If you were a PhD student on the “not lit” and “not creative writing” [...]