tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560519450630661731.post855354185148178649..comments2023-03-20T07:50:59.877-05:00Comments on Rancho Spenardo: Where do chickens go when they die?Jackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03508471447644144668noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560519450630661731.post-51437798433711112172009-08-22T01:20:22.738-05:002009-08-22T01:20:22.738-05:00I’m an expat American city boy living in rural New...I’m an expat American city boy living in rural New Zealand, and I just had my first chicken killing lesson. It wasn’t pretty. I always thought chickens were supposed to run around after getting their heads chopped off. Ours didn’t do that. It did back flips. No joke. Horrible!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560519450630661731.post-32408821430397966762009-08-13T23:02:07.287-05:002009-08-13T23:02:07.287-05:00Right now, the pet cemetery graves are marked only...Right now, the pet cemetery graves are marked only with small rock cairns. I would like to do a little landscaping in the cemetery someday but, sadly, it's pretty far down the priority totem pole.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03508471447644144668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560519450630661731.post-29226114630925788902009-08-12T04:27:40.550-05:002009-08-12T04:27:40.550-05:00Jack -
First happy birthday! Each one is a victo...Jack -<br /><br />First happy birthday! Each one is a victory and a pointed finger at the system. Birthdays proclaim, "I'm still here!" Which may be the main point...<br /><br />Your last post had me thinking of my own - accidental pet cemetery. The studio now has 2 cats (including the beloved Marley) and 3 dogs. Sometime soon (always relative, when you ask Bruce) Greta (his dog) will join the cemetery tribe.<br /><br />Do you plant anything above your chickens? I've found planting trees good for the soul. A visual place holder. Something to thrive and feed over the loss. Somehow it puts the web of life and loss in perspective and over time I can begin to see the balance.<br /><br />You probably don't need more trees like the studio compound needs trees. But there may be something that would be very cool and special in that part of the world. Better yet something you could harvest. Now there's the myth of transubstantiation performed in a new, personal way.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11842562966820578844noreply@blogger.com