Gruesome Beauty
The extended family on my in-laws’ side lives in the woods and farmland west of Eugene, where wild turkeys are a real nuisance plentiful. Knowing this, we put game on our Christmas list, and two …
Tag: death
Sitting with Death
In one week, our total animal-count when from six to two. Upon getting back from Christmas, we found three chickens dead and interrupted the raccoon in killing the fourth. We’d pulled into the driveway around …
Chicken Glorious
Above are Henrietta’s feathers. She’s a Red-laced Wyandotte, and I didn’t realize how beautiful she was going to be until she grew up. We brought her, Maple and Harriet home in the back of our …