Hypnotizing a Chicken

November 18, 2016

Have you ever hypnotized a chicken? I hadn’t either until we became urban poultry farmers.  Although I’ve hypnotized a few fowl in my day, it’s the kids who love it most!  There’s something entertaining about holding a soft, fluffy living thing in your hands, massaging it on the wishbone and then watching it blissfully melt … More Hypnotizing a Chicken

The Missing Mushrooms

October 22, 2016

We’ve been  looking for mushrooms for weeks!  No mushrooms!  Not good, since we’ve been trying to study them this semester. Talking with my young student a couple of weeks ago, we got on the topic of the missing mushrooms. “Could it be because of the drought?” I asked. He shrugged, “They need moistness.” “I guess … More The Missing Mushrooms

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Workbooks Anonymous

October 1, 2016

“Another workbook, Mom?”  I could already see that baked look on his face.  As I peered at my young student,  a rather cumbersome pile of consumable workbooks cast a shadow on his work space. Since I wasn’t able to honestly answer his question, I said to myself, “Yikes! He’s right. We have too many workbooks going!”  This September, like so … More Workbooks Anonymous