Before anything, I need to share these two pictures with you. This used to be the peaceful, serene view from my home: 📷 Now my view...

This month marks my eight year anniversary since leaving the city and taking up residence in rural Texas. It has been three years since I...

I could see through the kitchen window that one of our roosters was struggling out in the winter weather. Because we have so many...

Most chickens don't fly. The ones that do seldom remember that they can unless pressed. This evening when I went out to put up all the...

In the four years we have been here we have had some problems with "the demons that inhabit the world beyond our fences." For instance,...

I recently finished reading a blog of a man that moved from Virginia Beach to rural Virginia. He spent two or so years cataloging his...

Country living should come with a handbook. Not for the useful or practical things but for stupid things like- Chickens sunbathe on their...

First let me say, I took all three of these pictures on my way to work last Wednesday. These three pictures, pretty much, sum up my view...

Now, he goes by the name of Reverend Early James, but back in the day we knew him as Jimmy. I met Jimmy about 8 months ago. It was a...

Just outside of Whitewright, on Hwy 69, live two mannequins. I noticed them this summer, on one of the rare days we were expecting rain....

I live in Whitewright, Texas. Population under 2000. With as much intensity as I dislike Bonham, I like Whitewright. It's downtown...

This is our house, as of today: It is over 100 years old and has never been insulated. It has wonderful, old, wavy glass, single pane...

When you live in the city five acres seems like a lot of land. I can testify, I own more land than any other friend I have in the city....

As a side note, my husband took this picture today while we were waiting in line to pick the kids up from school. 📷 Since that first day...

There are certain truths, when you live in the city, that you hold to be true everywhere. Little things such as a house that is missing...