wrong number

As I was walking Frankie this morning, my cell phone rang from deep in my pockets. The number displayed was unfamiliar, but it was 7 am on a Sunday so maybe it was important. After I said hello, the woman’s voice on the other end was cracked and old as she asked to speak to…

JEB

This is J.E.B., which is short for Jolene Elizabeth Bennett, and she’s our new addition. She came to us by way of a toothless farmer at a Tractor Supply chicken swap. He saw me looking at her, and he remarked on how the rooster “wouldn’t get off her.” “Damn chicken rape,” I muttered. And, knowing…