Jamie Underwood
26. A Chicken named 75/121/380 (a facebook thead)
Every year this comes up as a Facebook memory and every year Nick starts laughing hysterically and forcing me to relive this crazy time...
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25. Copperhead Bites Hurt Like F*&#@!$ H*#%
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...
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24. Up-to-date with Jamie
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...
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23. An Even Shorter Story about a Rooster
I could see through the kitchen window that one of our roosters was struggling out in the winter weather. Because we have so many...
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22. A Quick Story About a Chicken
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...
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21. I Hate Wildlife
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,...
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20. Snakes
One night, as I meandered through the darkness along our long driveway, with the intention of closing the front gate, I noticed a shadow....
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19. Meet your Meat
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...
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18. The Dalai Llama
Country living should come with a handbook. Not for the useful or practical things but for stupid things like- Chickens sunbathe on their...
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17. What I miss
It is starting to feel like Spring outside. (What that means in Texas is: mornings start off in the 30's but by mid afternoon it is up to...
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15. The Value of a Dog
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...
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14. Cheerios
I don't often listen to other people's conversations. I believe this is because the monologue going on in my head is too loud for me to...
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13. Reverend Early James
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...
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10. A year in the life of two mannequins:
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....
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6. Banks:
I live in Whitewright, Texas. Population under 2000. With as much intensity as I dislike Bonham, I like Whitewright. It's downtown...
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4. Winter:
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...
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3. Turtles:
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....
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2. The Chores, the Stores:
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...
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1. Good-bye City Life:
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...
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