Jose Cardenas has been raising chickens and roosters on his property about 3 miles south of downtown Fort Worth since 1982. At one point he said he had about 500-600 foul, but now has around 200.
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When Debbie Meyer pulls out the ironing board, her family knows to give her a wide berth. She's about to tackle real work, but the iron and the board are just tools to help her tune out the world. "Some of my best thinking happens when I do mindless chores," says the 59-year-old creator of Debbie Meyer GreenBags during a recent visit to Dallas.
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