the reason pregnant women are touching their stomachs all the time is that it turns out your baby moving inside you is the best feeling, and it helps you be more attuned to it.

anyway, time to spend all day finishing up building their new chicken coop and run, which will afford them much more general safety.

I eat meat, and generally don't feel emotional about the inherent violence in the wild animal world (albeit I don't meditate on it very often), but when I thought she was dead, I felt rather shook up, feeling sad for her and like I'd failed as a chicken steward.

yesterday I learned that chickens may play opossum when in danger, and convincingly!

I heard a commotion and found a huge great horned owl atop my chicken, Helena, motionless. owl flew off, and I was sure she was dead. my husband came out, and leaning over her, Helena popped up right as rain.