Grendel’s Kitchen

The Chicks Are Alright

so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. ~ William Carlos Williams [the Red Wheelbarrow]

Hie, you extravagant and erring spirit

One, perhaps even two of our half-fluff/half-feathered chicks are mangling a crow these mornings — not nearly a “lofty” sounding throat yet. Usually a good omen — especially since they’re sending away those evil spirits in our haunted guest room: The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn, Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake [...]