KrisS

I know it’s unpleasant and unsightly to witness, but those noises you’re hearing (“stolen election,” “millions of illegal votes,” “greatest witch hunt in history” , “I did everything right and they indicted me,”etc.) and the scenes you’ve been witnessing for far too long (Ferguson, Charlottesville, January 6th, 2021 etc. ad nauseum) are the merely the […]

June 11 is special to me now for another reason beyond the date of DeForest Kelley’s passing.   Last year Tia in Russia contacted me on this date to tell me she had just finished reading DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal and loved it     Her letter was so touching and poignant that we

This is Graduation month for several people I know,  love, and admire.   My niece Casey Hope McNiven just completed her Masters in Education, my UW dentist completes her Dental School training this week, and Abbie McCrane will be graduating this month, too. Abbie’s degree is in Education K-8.   Plus there are all the

Ages ago, I read that chickens will peck to death another chicken that is bleeding, which is why the horrible practice of de-beaking chickens became a thing in factory farms where chickens are kept in close confinement.   I would never debeak my chicks. It isn’t even suggested for people with fewer than 50 chickens,