{"id":10573,"date":"2026-03-09T18:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/?p=10573"},"modified":"2026-03-09T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:39:09","slug":"a-note-to-commemorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/09\/a-note-to-commemorate\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note to Commemorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">A note to commemorate the day when, around 4 p.m., the more or less regular into-the-run hour after a day of free-ranging, only four chickens (Tiny Honey, Betty, Mo, and Lightfoot) were in the yard and Perla was nowhere to be found. And to commemorate the rallying of a couple of different search parties, A. and Feta looking ALL OVER the place for any trace of a feather, then me doubling down and canvassing EVERY steep, slippy embankment at the edge of the yard for an hour. In my mind goddesses merciful I climbed the entire Blue Ridge Mountains. And to commemorate how as A. left for her evening volunteer hours a short time later, she asked me if I thought Perla <em>might<\/em> be alive, and I said, no, I don&#8217;t think so. She must&#8217;ve gotten scooped by the strongest and stealthiest of creatures mid-morning because I was outside all afternoon and though I didn&#8217;t do a head count, I was sure I would have heard such an incident, or Mo would have raised a fit, or there would have been a floof of feathers to show for the vanishing. And to commemorate how at around 6 p.m. I went outside to bring the four chickens some bereavement meal worms and to spend a moment with them in quiet observance, only to see Perla there on the first terrace near the pines, strutting toward me, not wanting to miss the stories we were going to tell about her, or maybe just checking to see if an afternoon fugue state would improve her place in the pecking order. tldr; Perla is fine and the five are safely in their run for the night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"483\" data-attachment-id=\"10574\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/09\/a-note-to-commemorate\/img_2244\/\" 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