Monthly Archives: April 2018

San Francisco, briefly.

Posted on April 28, 2018 by polloplayer

Gimps like me need not apply to leave their hearts in San Fran. Those hills, guys! But that city by the sea does have its charms. And I would travel to the ends of the earth to buy this guy … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, sweet prince.

Posted on April 21, 2018 by polloplayer

He would have had you believe he was a lion king. But he was really just a pussycat. Where, oh where, did the time go? Cody cat, aka Shoo Bear, was just a few days short of his sixteenth birthday … Continue reading →

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My coop runneth over.

Posted on April 14, 2018 by polloplayer

There are no April showers in Southern California, so back in the years B.C.  (Before Chickens) I gave hardly a notice to the passage from “winter” (a euphemism where I live) to spring. But then life went to the birds, … Continue reading →

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Stars. They’re just like us.

Posted on April 7, 2018 by polloplayer

Well, just like *me*, at least. The glamour quotient of chicken-keeping edged up this week. Turns out I’m not the only one up to my elbows in chicken poop. A friend in NYC sent a link for an appearance at … Continue reading →

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