{"id":89403,"date":"2018-02-28T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T21:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=89403"},"modified":"2018-02-28T14:03:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T22:03:26","slug":"requiem-for-a-hen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/requiem-for-a-hen\/","title":{"rendered":"Requiem for a Hen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>lthough we live in a city, we keep hens. Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/dominican-friar-lays-egg-on-ash-wednesday\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">very first egg<\/a> was laid and eaten on Ash Wednesday 2012. The hen that laid that first egg died today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2158\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/dominican-friar-lays-egg-on-ash-wednesday\/hens\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2158\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2158\" data-attachment-id=\"2158\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/dominican-friar-lays-egg-on-ash-wednesday\/hens\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hens.png?fit=1132%2C956&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1132,956\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Hens\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Violet the Dominique&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hens.png?fit=860%2C726&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hens.png?resize=530%2C447\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"447\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hens.png?resize=1024%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hens.png?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hens.png?w=1132&amp;ssl=1 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Violet the Dominique<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Violet de Pistachio was preceded in death by her sister, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-thanksgiving-death\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vera, who died on Thanksgiving day, 2012<\/a>. She is survived by five members of her flock at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-vocation-of-living\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paradise Towers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_89407\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/requiem-for-a-hen\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-89407\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89407\" data-attachment-id=\"89407\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/requiem-for-a-hen\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?fit=1362%2C1776&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1362,1776\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Statue from the Tomb of Santo Domingo de la Calzada&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?fit=785%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?resize=240%2C313\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"313\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?resize=240%2C313&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?resize=115%2C150&amp;ssl=1 115w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?resize=768%2C1001&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?resize=785%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 785w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25834591513_14bb7c20d4_k.jpg?w=1362&amp;ssl=1 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-89407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Statue from the Tomb of Santo Domingo de la Calzada<\/p><\/div>She was old for a hen, and it had been quite some time since she&#8217;d stopped laying. The freezing cold and snows of the last week were apparently just too much for her. She will be missed.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve no idea whether animals are in heaven &#8211; even the Doctors of the Church could not agree on this particular point &#8211; but we commend Violet to the mercy of God under the watchful eye of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/one-year-ago-chickens\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santo Domingo de la Calzada<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Santo Domingo, pray for us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although we live in a city, we keep hens. Our very first egg was laid and eaten on Ash Wednesday 2012. The hen that laid that first egg died today. Violet de Pistachio was preceded in death by her sister, Vera, who died on Thanksgiving day, 2012. She is survived by five members of her flock at Paradise Towers. She [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-family","category-pistachio-house"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Hens.png?fit=1132%2C956&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-nfZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2154,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/dominican-friar-lays-egg-on-ash-wednesday\/","url_meta":{"origin":89403,"position":0},"title":"Dominican Friar Lays Egg on Ash Wednesday!","author":"Thom","date":"23 February 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the feast of the blessed martyr Saint Polycarp (he of many fishes). Burned alive in Rome for the crime of being a Christian bishop, he was a disciple of Saint John the Apostle. Although I could wax on and on about the great Polycarp, I'm not going to,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Family","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/family\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DominicanEgg.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DominicanEgg.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DominicanEgg.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DominicanEgg.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/DominicanEgg.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":105688,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/the-song-of-fred\/","url_meta":{"origin":89403,"position":1},"title":"The Song of Fred","author":"Thom","date":"27 July 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturday - the Feast of Saint James - just after Prime, Francine and I walked out into the backyard. The hens over in our henhouse \"Paradise Towers\" were acting strange. Squawking and circling around. This was not the \"I laid an egg\" sound, or the \"hey, hooman, where's my feed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Francine my love&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Francine my love","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/francine-my-love\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2015-06-23-18.20.06-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2015-06-23-18.20.06-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2015-06-23-18.20.06-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2015-06-23-18.20.06-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2015-06-23-18.20.06-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":110272,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/sophia-de-pistachio-2006-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":89403,"position":2},"title":"Sophia de Pistachio (2006\u20132026)","author":"Thom","date":"08 February 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"I bought Pistachio House in the Autumn of 2006. We moved in with a tribe of kids and cats. Sometime before that first Christmas, we rescued two kittens who had been born under the porch next door in the Autumn and abandoned by their mother. These were Sophie and Linus,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Family","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/family\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4075-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4075-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4075-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4075-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_4075-copy-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28031,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/a-thanksgiving-death\/","url_meta":{"origin":89403,"position":3},"title":"A Thanksgiving Death","author":"Thom","date":"22 November 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"My parents are visiting for a week, and this morning my father and I attended a beautiful Thanksgiving Day Mass at Holy Rosary. Crazy manic running around now, to prepare everything for the feast. One sad bit of news: Vera the Dominique (beloved sister of Violet) did not survive the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chant&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chant","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/chant\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Vera-240x320.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":90435,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/our-2018-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":89403,"position":4},"title":"Our 2018 in Review","author":"Thom","date":"31 December 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This has been a crazy year. Here at Pistachio House, we had designated 2018 as the \"Year of Hygge\". This was going to be the year that we concentrated on coziness. Pistachio House would be finally made into the cozy home we imagined. There would be coffee cake, walks, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;2018 transitions in Tacoma&quot;","block_context":{"text":"2018 transitions in Tacoma","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/category\/2018-transitions-tacoma\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43505724_10156498076549985_1112173616566370304_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43505724_10156498076549985_1112173616566370304_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43505724_10156498076549985_1112173616566370304_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/43505724_10156498076549985_1112173616566370304_n.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":106829,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/and-then-there-were-three\/","url_meta":{"origin":89403,"position":5},"title":"And Then There Were Three","author":"Thom","date":"31 March 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"today as I was taking out the trash, I heard a symphony of panicked squawks from our hens in Paradise Towers. 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