Mar 18, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild
It’s funny how something is now suddenly, completely possible when it is time for healthy, able-bodied people, including middle and upper management, need to do it. And I’m glad that people have the ability to work from home right now while we’re...
Mar 8, 2020 | horse stuff
Talk to me charmed horse people. (Why do I hear that in Rachel Maddow’s voice as she voices Morgan Fairchild in Batwoman? Talk to me Gotham…. LOL) I receive a lot of inspiration and healing from my horses. I’m looking for new ways to share it with...
Mar 7, 2020 | Stable Food (recipes)
In an intent to add more healthy food to our diet, within budget, I eyed the imitation crab at our local Aldi’s. At under $3 a package and a mix of crab and pollock, it was fish. Healthy, right? So I set out to make a little turf and surf, or gobble and grab...
Mar 7, 2020 | Stable Food (recipes)
Print Recipe Gobble & Grab Burgers Course Main Dish Cuisine American Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 15 minutes Servings people Ingredients 1/2 package imitation crab1-2 tsp Old Bay to tastepinch pepper fresh groundpinch salt1/4 diced sweet onion1/2 cup Italian...
Mar 7, 2020 | Fibromyalgia Gone Wild
Those of us with chronic illness are no stranger to needing to figure out what works well and what doesn’t, especially without the help of medical professionals. From finding a sleep routine, to yoga, to going keto or gluten-free, we try all sorts of things....
Mar 6, 2020 | birds & poultry
I peered across the front pasture as I always do in the mornings, shouting a hearty “Good morning, ladies and Thunder!” to the horses. Toward the fence dividing the upper from the lower pasture I saw big birds pecking along the ground. Crows? I wondered...
Mar 1, 2020 | horse stuff
A gelding loves you, a mare tolerates you, or so the saying goes. Here at the top of Charmed Chicken Mountain, that’s how it goes in our pasture too. Fortune, my senior and THE BOSS mare, has been the other half of my heart for 20 years now. She came to me as a...
Feb 29, 2020 | Homestead & Garden
I want kale dammit! And swiss chard! And collard greens. (Okay, my lizards want those). And radishes. But no broccoli. Most importantly I want cool season crops and here in the Ozarks you get a slim chance to grow them. Start them too early and a late frost zaps them....
Feb 28, 2020 | birds & poultry
A couple of months ago I adopted a large number of chickens from someone I knew how couldn’t keep them. Among them was a large black rooster with one eye who they had named One Eyed Jack. He passed away this week. Roosters, having descended from T-Rex, are not...