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Detente

By lifstrand | February 10, 2026 - 5:43 pm |February 10, 2026 Critters, Homesteading

Poppy, Daisy, and Sadie testing the interspecies relationship waters. Daisy gave it a try, too. We’ve got a ways to go.

Critter update – Sadie

By lifstrand | January 3, 2026 - 7:00 pm |January 3, 2026 Writing Business

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01/03/25 Saturday Sadie has been here for one week today. Tedi, from Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary texted me yesterday to ask how it was going with the new adoption, and that reminded me that she might not be the only person curious to know. Read more at https://www.lifstrand.com/stories-stuff/critters/

Critters

By lifstrand | December 31, 2025 - 7:25 pm |December 31, 2025 Misc blather, Website

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I just created a new sub-page on my website, a menu item under the Stories & Stuff tab, called Critters. (See navigation column) Rather than blog about the critters – my housemates, barn critters, and wildlife – my plan is to keep all my primarily critter-related posts on one page…. Continue reading →

Resolutions are for the unresolved

By lifstrand | December 30, 2025 - 8:03 pm |December 30, 2025 Critters, Misc blather

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This year I resolve to make no New Year’s resolutions. Why bother? Either I’m going to do the things or I’m not – and if I am, I don’t need to make any special resolutions about them, much less… oh wait. That first sentence is a resolution, isn’t it. Yeah,… Continue reading →

COVID/histamine connection

By lifstrand | October 24, 2025 - 7:50 pm |October 24, 2025 Public information messages

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This is information about what you can do if you test positive for COVID. It may improve your chances of a full recovery and lower your long COVID risk. The short version is to immediately begin taking both a h1 (Claritin, Allegra, Zyrtec) and h2 (Pepcid) antihistimine (available OTC) as… Continue reading →

I’m not in love

By lifstrand | October 14, 2025 - 8:04 pm |October 14, 2025 Critters, Writing Business

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Prepare to be outraged. I am just going to put it right out there: I am not in love with two kittens in my house right now. This isn’t my first kitten rodeo. At one point in the last twenty-five years I accidentally had something like a dozen kittens of… Continue reading →

Thoughts on research, by a person who loves researching

By lifstrand | September 12, 2025 - 12:05 am |September 12, 2025 Writing Business

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There’s research for a specific purpose and there’s research for the sheer joy of learning something new. Those of us who love both kinds get lost down the rabbit hole of links leading to anywhere and everywhere. Start with one little factoid, end up on the other side of the… Continue reading →

I don’t care if it’s a dry heat

By lifstrand | August 10, 2025 - 9:38 pm |August 10, 2025 Weather, Writing Business

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It’s been so damn hot for far too long. I know, I know, it’s a dry heat. I don’t care – any heat sucks the energy right out of me. Makes me long to take a siesta, though if I dare do that I won’t sleep that night. Makes it hard… Continue reading →

This week’s photos

By lifstrand | August 2, 2025 - 3:18 pm |August 2, 2025 Art, Photography

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Be the change? How do we do that?

By lifstrand | June 19, 2025 - 4:55 pm |June 20, 2025 Misc blather, Public information messages, Spirituality

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I am sharing here a mildly edited post that I submitted to a private group, about how to be the change that we want to see. I’ve been asked for permission to share it. I’m okay with that but since the post was written specifically for that group, I felt… Continue reading →