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Month: June 2025

Writing

Chicken Soup for the Soul is Looking for Funny Stories

Katrin BabbJune 28, 2025

Chicken Soup for the Soul is on the lookout for funny, nonfiction stories!  Examples of what they are looking for include animals being funny, people being funny, goofs, embarrassments, etc.  Did you say something at the wrong time or something that came […]

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Funny Friday

Sweet Saturday

Katrin BabbJune 28, 2025

Summer is up and running, that means the farm is busy, busy, busy.  With no time to make a Funny Friday post, how about a Sweet Saturday one instead? What do you think?  Should Sweet Saturday stay?

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Recipes

The SHOBALT a.k.a. A Really Good Ham and Bacon Sandwich

Katrin BabbJune 27, 2025

You’ve heard of BLTs (bacon, lettuce, and tomato).  You’ve heard of BLATs (bacon, lettuce, avocado, and tomato).  Now, meet the SHOBALT!   A Really Good Ham and Bacon Sandwich Cook time (for bacon) – 10 minutes       Other prep and assembly […]

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Everyday Farm Life

Putting Cattle in the Woods During Hot Spells

Katrin BabbJune 26, 2025

Cattle need shade on warm through hot days.  With most of our cattle being half Highland, they especially need the comfort of shade.  Highland cattle, with their longer than normal coats, get warm very easily.  That means that, if we want them […]

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Diabolical Baby Brigade

Diabolical Baby Brigade

Katrin BabbJune 24, 2025

The Mission Log of the Diabolical Baby Brigade has a new post Diabolical Blueberries As Logged by Agent Chase   How does Chase get the dogs going? Find out in: Diabolical Blueberries  

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Writing

Chicken Soup for the Soul is Looking for Stories on Grandmothers

Katrin BabbJune 22, 2025

Chicken Soup for the Soul books are great.  You can sit down with a cup of tea and read one, three, a dozen, or all 101 stories in each book at a time. What’s also great is submitting to them.  And they […]

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Funny Friday

Diabolical Inspiration is Easy with a Baby

Katrin BabbJune 20, 2025

The Diabolical Drei! Someone asked recently where I got the idea for the Diabolical Baby Brigade blog post, Getting Even with Tissues Well…                 It’s pretty easy with a baby.

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Everyday Farm Life

Preparing for Power Outages

Katrin BabbJune 19, 2025

“Mommy, help!  The lights went out!” What do you do when this happens?  Grab a flashlight. Wait, where’s the flashlight? “MOMMY!” Living in a rural area where strong storms are the norm for spring and early summer, the power goes out often.  […]

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Diabolical Baby Brigade

Diabolical Baby Brigade

Katrin BabbJune 17, 2025

The Mission Log of the Diabolical Baby Brigade has a new post A Diabolically Stinky Bed As Logged by Agent West Find out in: A Diabolically Stinky Bed  

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Happy Father’s Day!

Katrin BabbJune 15, 2025

For every monster you scared out from under my bed. For every nighttime story that you read. For every booboo that you bandaged. For every crazy second that you managed. Thank you for always being there. Happy Father’s Day!

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About Me

Katrin Babb

Katrin Babb

Mother, daughter, wife, and diabolical writer. When not going crazy with farm life, running around like a mad hatter taking care of my family, or scheming about the next scene to write, I'm finally taking some time to relax by training for the next triathlon/duathlon and mud run

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