Tales from the Raven

Remember that when you’re making your mom an omelette–she’ll love it, shells and all!

So, kids have been released from the Star Wars mania and the votes are in on the new family favorite.  But I want to know what you think!  Which was our greatest success of the day, and which could be safely left behind on Tatooine with that nasty goop Luke refuses to eat? The pasta [...]

I get asked every once in awhile why I write funny stuff.  Do I really have a brain that still chortles over chicken jokes?  Am I trying to say poop jokes are sophisticated humor?  Well, yeah, actually.  I am and they are!  But there are myriad ways I could channel my juvenile side and I’ve [...]

Yesterday was a strange day.  On a personal level, there were new tires to be purchased and placed on our car, taxes to be filed (with money owed), and the ever-present awareness that three years ago on April 15th of 2010 I recieved the phone call telling me that my brother just younger than me had [...]

The Queen of Burned Fingers, that’s my new title.  But, I’m okay with that!  I’ve decided I’m also okay with Monday alarm clocks and impossible looming deadlines. Have I gone crazy?  Well, judge for yourself. It started with the blister, but since that’s not very pretty and it is thankfully quite small, I’ll give you a pic [...]

We went out comet-watching again tonight and finally–finally, finally, finally–we saw it! And I got a pic! Not easy to see, but I’m thrilled all the same!  I’ll give you a minute to search the pic and try to spot it, then I’ll give you a couple hints in case you need them. …letting you [...]

Whether you’re celebrating single-awareness day or just wishing those chocolates could also be good for you, here’s a couple valentines to give you a good laugh!   Hey, how do you know he’s not a prince? And here’s a sweet little manic-strawberry… Isn’t it nice to be wanted? My NinChicks would never let themselves be outdone by a [...]

For days–weeks–I’ve been slogging through the last six or so years of pictures we’ve taken.  We’re setting up our farm website and finding those few chicken pics that are just right requires poring over five gajillion random pics!  Along the way I found a few that tickled my funny bone or seemed worthy of a share. [...]

This afternoon I signed the contract with Practical Homeschooling for my upcoming article ”Going Beyond the Egg: What Keeping Chickens Can Do for Your Family.”  I’m pleased because this was several firsts for me.  First time negotiating a conract’s terms rather than just signing it.  First time writing on a nonfiction subject (rather than a personal essay-style article), [...]

That’s what we’ve been up to.  Okay, sure, there was the flu fun and of course there’s chickens, schoolwork, and work work.  But lately whenever we have an hour free we pull out the games.  It’s awesome to have kids old enough to play the ‘grown up’ games, but we’ve got favorites for all ages and [...]