tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post7335643790846051498..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: All Manner of Goings-OnP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-69731054250316095542009-06-21T06:59:23.581-07:002009-06-21T06:59:23.581-07:00Down the hill from my old house in Kalamazoo there...Down the hill from my old house in Kalamazoo there was an old farmhouse. The woman there had always had chickens and still did. Then for a while in Leland, there was a rooster across the street from our house. It laid no eggs, and I guess some of the neighbors weren't thrilled, but to me it was a wonderful way to begin the day, hearing the rooster crow. <br /><br />Doesn't Shane have a somewhat wolfy look? Sarah loves to play with him and is very gentle as they roll around like two little cubs.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-40139950581102295022009-06-20T08:35:47.936-07:002009-06-20T08:35:47.936-07:00Backyard chickens were common even in cities at th...Backyard chickens were common even in cities at the beginning of the last century. Attorney Dan Cassidy, who was 96 when I met him, told of taking the streetcar to his appointments in the old Delray neighborhood of Detroit, often as not bringing home his fee in eggs and chickens in hard times. <br /><br />Whoa, Baby Shane is some puppy.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-67890571907040849652009-06-19T20:06:39.736-07:002009-06-19T20:06:39.736-07:00I think backyard poultry is a good idea, and that ...I think backyard poultry is a good idea, and that city governments should not block it.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com