Saturday morning chicken blogging


As the chickens had their breakfast this morning, they were stalked by the ferocious kitteh from next door, who spent half an hour or so sitting on the fence deciding whether or not to pounce on them from a great height. Naturally, watching it conclude that four hungry chickens were more than a match for one baby cat  proved far more entertaining than the work I was supposed to be doing …

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Jeff Sparrow

Jeff Sparrow is a writer, editor, broadcaster and Walkley award-winning journalist. He is a former columnist for Guardian Australia, a former Breakfaster at radio station 3RRR, and a past editor of Overland. His most recent book is a collaboration with Sam Wallman called Twelve Rules for Strife (Scribe). He works at the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne.

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