Fresh Eyes Column by Caroline Downs
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Xena the Warrior Chicken
The husband left to work in Alaska, and we both knew he wouldn’t return before the new chicks, 21 laying hens, would need to be moved from their temporary home in the quonset to the barn.
Posted 6/19/13 (Wed) read more »
Raccoon story on the square . . .
So I walked over to Kenmare Drug Monday afternoon with the idea of snapping a couple of photos related to the upcoming move.
Posted 6/12/13 (Wed) read more »
When the chickens are right . . .
I hate it when my chickens are right.
Posted 6/04/13 (Tue) read more »
Turkey in the straw . . .
The 2013 spring turkey season in North Dakota has come and gone, the first and last weekends noted for the unsettled weather that has characterized this year.
Posted 5/22/13 (Wed) read more »
Hot off the press, now at the refuge . . .
The “Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Activity Guide” is now available to you, free for the taking.
Posted 5/14/13 (Tue) read more »
Clean it up, folks . . .
Short of literally dancing in the streets, residents around here are celebrating the transition, finally, from winter into spring.
Posted 5/07/13 (Tue) read more »
Ready for the unthinkable . . .
So, what if the unthinkable happened in Kenmare--a major flood, tornado, chemical spill, industrial accident, plane crash, terrorist attack or something we can’t even imagine?
Posted 5/07/13 (Tue) read more »
From newcomer to neighbor . . .
Heidi Hochhausen, the new family nurse practitioner in Kenmare who is commuting to the job every two weeks from her home in Wisconsin, started our interview with a statement I quoted in the article: “I can rotate in and out with my friends who are oil workers.”
Posted 4/16/13 (Tue) read more »
I think I speak for all of us . . .
Okay, I have gritted my teeth, kept a stiff upper lip, smiled through the rain, and looked on the bright side until I’ve run out of positive cliches.
Posted 4/09/13 (Tue) read more »
Happy to be wrong . . .
Home remodeling projects stress me under the best of conditions. The best of conditions means:
Posted 4/03/13 (Wed) read more »
