Chicken Lady – Kick Ass or Die

Building a Chicken Run: Part Two

April 13, 2017 16 Comments

Let me just start out by saying this: all the animals on the farm are alive and well. Whew. And, after 3 straight weekends of

Building a Chicken Run: Part One

March 27, 2017 21 Comments

It feels like ages ago that my biggest concern around the farm was cutting and installing the kitchen counters. Then the big windstorm hit, which

I Saw That Going Different In My Head: The New Chicken Edition

January 25, 2017 10 Comments

One of the things on my list for 2017 was adding a few more chickens to my flock. In my head I pictured that happening

The Missing Chicken

December 5, 2016 12 Comments

It doesn’t feel like I’ve been sharing a lot of good news on the blog recently, so– spoiler alert– my two most recent farm stories

New Additions: Summer 2016

July 17, 2016 15 Comments

Back in January I had a premonition that I might be new additions of some kind to the farm… Yeah. I even put it on

Building Fun & A Duck A-Frame

March 30, 2015 15 Comments

As a person who spent a fair number of years living in far more tropical climates, and then willingly and happily decided to move back

Life With Birds

December 8, 2014 10 Comments

When I first thought about bringing chickens to the farm… well…there wasn’t much thought, actually. I happened to be at Tractor Supply, and there happened

In The Garden: The Most Delicious Egg Recipe Ever

September 19, 2014 10 Comments

When things start to get a little fall-like, I start baking. Well, first, obviously, I start panicking. Then I start baking. I actually like baking,

Now With 50% More Nuggets!

September 14, 2014 21 Comments

People say that having chickens is a slippery slope. Like you get “just a couple chickens” and then one day you’re going to lose your

Gains & Losses

June 3, 2014 13 Comments

I went in to my “vacation” week just barely holding on to all of the details of my life … all of the details– sleep,

I Dream of Chickens

May 5, 2014 18 Comments

I keep telling myself I haven’t turned into a crazy chicken-lady (I haven’t… right?) but lately the Nugs have been top-of-mind, what with the building

The Merging of the Nuggets

May 2, 2014 8 Comments

It turns out there are a lot of theories on when to move young chickens in to an established flock. Some say you’ll know when

There’s Chicken Shit on my Knee and Other Important Things

April 22, 2014 21 Comments

People talk a lot about “crazy cat ladies” and I can only assume that none of those people has ever seen a woman who lives

Good Things: The Nugget Edition

March 16, 2014 20 Comments

You guys might have gathered from my recent posts (or lack thereof) that the last couple of months have been particularly challenging. I finally had

Winner, Winner, Chicken… Intestine?

March 4, 2014 25 Comments

Yeah. The thing you felt reading the title of this post? That’s exactly what my Tuesday morning was. Complete with squinch-face and all. Let’s talk

I'm not interested in a mediocre life. I'm here to kick ass or die.

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THE STORYTELLER

Back in 2004 I started writing about my adventures in fixing up houses on the internet. A lot of things have changed since then, with me, with my houses, and with the internet. These days I am basically a cranky old man trapped in a slightly less old woman’s body. The internet has changed and I am staunchly refusing to change with it. You won’t find any algorithms here, or feeds, or ads, or social media. Just good old-fashioned stories about a woman drinking beer and building shit, and living an unexpected life.

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