Copper Chronicles has been a happy and harrowing experience both learning how to care for hens and learning how hard it is to be a hen and care for them.

Unlike Lady, my one remaining hen who moved south in search of an hospitable climate for hens, I have no illusions about Copper’s absence. Copper died suffering circumstances beyond my control. Rocky died, too. Rocky was the champion prize fighter hen who did a glorious dirt bath performance, ridding herself of all filth and pests. Emerging victorious from her hard labor, like a phoenix.

I don’t think Rocky ever read Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations, but she mastered the concepts precisely. This leads me to believe hens are living on another frequency. And KNOW things. More about that later.

I miss Rocky the most, since I had little time to spend with her. She died, too. In a egg laying tragedy. Bravely and mercifully. Quickly. It may frustrate lovers of language like myself, that my punctuation does not always abide by last century’s rules of punctuation.

James J. Kirkpatrick may never read Hen Chronicles, but he may benefit from the happiness and courage the hens inspire. Snobbery has no benefit that I can think of? I do agree with him that the English language is devolving into utter calamity.

Take for example Simon Cowell. Love his show! But when the judges say: “Your performance was really, really, really, really good,” I ache for articulation! “There called adjectives!!” I shout at the television set, alarming my husband. Anyone know what an adjective is anymore?? Bueller? Bueller?? Hello?

Looks like this generation took too many days off from school. Or, perhaps modern educators don’t know what adjectives are either? Who needs to communicate clearly and effectively anymore when we have emojis to do it for us?😃

Anyhow, I have a good excuse for breaching last century’s rules of articulation when I say: “Rocky died. Bravely and mercifully. Quickly.” The reason IS: the period separates thoughts. Meaning pause and reflect. Each part is significant and important. Articulating clearly what you have experienced helps you own what you are experiencing. And make sense of it.

Owning our experience is how we live effectively and stop doing stupid things😃. Like owning the tragedy that I don’t know whether a “performance is good, or terrific, or beautiful?” And whether to use adverbs or adjectives to describe performances? 🤔

All I know is Simon Cowell says: “Your performance was really, really, really, really good” sometimes. Seems like our generation needs more words.