The beginning of September also blessed us with the arrival of Mary, who was our one and only intern this month. She is a whirlwind and keeps ahead of all the chores and those relentless garden weeds. (Any intern who will sweep out the outhouse on her own hook can stay as long as she wants!) She spent most of her career years working as a maintenance mechanic on the subway in Washington, D.C. The garden is a new thing for her, but we think they love each other ... and she makes lovely little sculptures from origami and feathers. We are delighted to have her here.

For those following the adventures of Chuckie Chicken, she is getting to be a big girl (hen) now. She won't let us pick her up anymore ... but she still comes sprinting when called, expecting a grasshopper or some other reward. She definitely feels entitled to human privileges, and tries to roost beside the kitchen door every night, so we always have to carry her up to the coop. We try to explain to her why she has to go to the coop by reminding her what happened to her mother. Her mother, Flannery Chicken, liked to sleep under the apple tree next to the duck pen. We usually would roust her out and take her up the coop, too ... but one evening we couldn't find her. That night a skunk got hold of her. Patricia heard the squawking, ran down with a pistol, and chased the skunk off, but Flannery had serious head injuries. After that we kept Flannery in a small single-chicken coop near the house (she couldn't go in with the other chickens, because chickens will peck a wounded hen to death). Two nights later, another skunk (maybe the same one) managed to break into the little coop and ate Flannery's head off. But Chuckie still doesn't seem to understand why she can't sleep with the humans.

On another note, one of the highlights of the month has been that Peter's hip, which has pained him for over ten years, has improved significantly. Provided he gets enough sleep (which is a great challenge for him!) he is nearly free of pain. We don't know what to ascribe this healing to, as we have been pursuing various modalities and have sought the assistance of several healers recently. Peter feels that self-treatment of Reconnective Healing and massive calcium supplements are a breakthrough, along with the help of other healers. Whatever the source, Peter and Patricia are jubilant.

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