Kelly's Country Squawk

Hello Readers! Happy Summer! Sorry about the long pause! I took a two month break from Kelly's Country Squawk to focus solely on my family and their many special events. So many things happened this spring! My middle son graduated from elementary school in May and is officially a middle school student. We also celebrated my oldest son turning 13 and becoming the coolest teenager ever...I'm one blessed mom! My family and I took a family cruise in the Bahamas and swam wit

With my 60 chickens squawking nonstop around my yard from sunup to sundown every single day, my house definitely sounds like a farm. My hens are like a bunch of fluffy, gossiping ladies constantly chatting about everything from the weather to how cute the rooster looks today. My rooster proudly thinks he is a beautiful pastor with tail-feathers whose job is to loudly preach the good word so the whole world can hear him. The chickens have been teaching me their "language" f

It's still Baby Season at my house! My loud, stinky chicks were placed in their "big girl" coop last week. They are loving the extra space to flap their wings and to take dirt baths in the sun. Every morning, when I open the door to the chicken run, the chicks run as fast as they can to their breakfast. It's so cute! While buying chick food at the Tractor Supply last week, I noticed seven chicks in their metal bird pens were quite a bit larger than the day old chicks.

Several people have been asking me when my next book is coming out....well, my answer is not simple and keeps changing. After the first of the year, I had planned to self-publish one of my stories that's had a special place in my heart for ten years called Bubble Man Pop. It's a story that will be definitely be published in one form or another eventually, but I decided to submit it into a writing contest this spring. Since winning third place in The Detroit Writing Room co