Did You Hear the One About the Chickens in Austin?

From John Kelso (@jkelso), the long-time Austin American-Statesman columnist:

Mimi Bernhardt is a friendly, jolly sort who, like her chickens, cackles a lot. Still, living next door to her is kinda like living next to Old MacDonald, without the E-I-E-I-O and the cow.

Discounting the multiple chickens in the backyard in one pen, the six ducks in the backyard in another pen, and the cluster of chicks in a small pen in the living room (yes, you read that right, the living room), Bernhardt doesn't keep any livestock. Still, she says, some of her neighbors in Northwest Hills have been having a cow ever since she turned her front yard on Far West Boulevard into a small farm.

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Plenty of food for thought in this column, whichever side you support.

Thanks to Sheryl (@yardfanatic) for the link!