Birdland is my home, the family farm in rural East Central Illinois. I live there with my husband, two silly dogs, a royal cat, a turkey, a flock of chickens, and a colony of bees. But during the school year, I teach in China. Thanks for reading!
Mary has one foot in the Illinois Prairie and one foot in Haining China, traveling between her two homes and writing about each for a few community newspapers.
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