ticksareforthebirds – Ticks are for the Birds

A Perfect Storm of Ticks Part 3: Wildlife Spreaders

Another piece of the perfect storm of ticks my family and I found ourselves in when we moved 6 miles from where I was born was the wildlife and how…

A Perfect STorm of Ticks Part 2:Invasives and the Tick Burden

28 Feb 202428 Feb 2024

As someone who suffers from many tick born infections for more than a dozen years now, I am often asked how I could have become so sick. The answer is…

A Perfect Storm of Ticks Part 1:Land Use Issues

27 Feb 202428 Feb 2024

I live where I have always lived. In the country. I was virtually born camping, hiking, fishing, spending time outdoors. And those places are always where I found my happy…

Lyme Awareness Month aka Medical Madness Month Day 2

2 May 20223 May 2022

I’d been told by urgent care that my white blood cell count was alarmingly high. That I needed to get to my nearest ER as quickly as possible. I called…

Lyme Awareness Month aka Medical Madness Month. Day 1.

I wanted to do something different for this year’s Lyme awareness month. So I decided to share one doctor experience on each day of this month. I’ve already missed day…

Letters for Change

Unable to attend Town Meetings in person to bring up the issue of Chickens and tick control, and how dangerous it is for Towns to try and prohibit people from…

Permethrin Fast Facts

*This was originally posted on my former blog on May 21, 2017 Many public health officials and many news organizations are cautioning that this will be an epic year for…

Permethrin is Problematic

10 Jun 202110 Jun 2021

*This was originally posted on my former blog on May 15, 2017 In February, we had a warm spell and people started to see ticks again. At the time, I…

Without Roosters, The Tick Plague Quickly Returns

8 Jun 20218 Jun 2021

*Originally published on my previous blog on May 21, 2017 Well, it has been just a few weeks since our Town told us we could only keep 15 hens and…

Troubled Tick Forest or Woodland Oasis?

8 Jun 20218 Jun 2021

*Originally published on my former blog on September 16, 2016. There are so many beautiful words of poetry and prose about the woods. For me, the woods have always been…