A fox in the chicken coop is not good.

Life on the farm.

A family legend.

Victoria Twead nagged her long-suffering partner, Joe, into moving from England to Spain in 2004. They settled into a tiny mountain village in Andalucía, became reluctant chicken farmers and ended up owning probably the most dangerous cockerel in Spain.
Victoria’s hilarious record of their culture shock and life with the villagers is told in her new book, Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools, awarded the HarperCollins Gold Star, released October 2009.

This is memories you carry everywhere you go. You see them; you visualize them and you live with them every single day. The beautiful scenery in some places reminds you, of the place you once lived your life.

Who said humans were the only ones good at poetry? Well, I got inspiration at writing a poem from looking at a picture of confused chickens.

Anonymity in social engagement inspired me. No one need take offense as characters were quite random and not assigned in any deliberate fashion; but, interpret as you see fit I suppose.

Some random thoughts from my childhood, recalled in a war-zone.

Victoria Twead nagged her long-suffering partner, Joe, into moving from England to Spain in 2004. They settled into a tiny mountain village in Andalucía, became reluctant chicken farmers and ended up owning probably the most dangerous cockerel in Spain. Victoria’s hilarious record of their culture shock and life with the villagers is told in her new book, Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools, awarded the HarperCollins Gold Star, released October 2009.

Victoria Twead nagged her long-suffering partner, Joe, into moving from England to Spain in 2004. They settled into a tiny mountain village in Andalucía, became reluctant chicken farmers and ended up owning probably the most dangerous cockerel in Spain. Victoria’s hilarious record of their culture shock and life with the villagers is told in her new book, “Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools”, awarded the HarperCollins Gold Star, released October 2009.
This is an excerpt from the book.