Finding Refuge
Barn cat politics are complicated. They are full of alliances, double-crossing, and violent overthrows. My personal introduction to all this began last summer when a young beauty named Roxy arrived without fanfare in our barn. She proceeded to charm our crusty old tom, Yellow Cat, raise a litter of kittens, then slip away as unobtrusively as she had come. The litter consisted of 4 boys and 2 girls. One of the boys and one of the girls were transported via my Subaru to become
Married Life
For almost half a year now I’ve been writing a weekly column for our local paper, trying to catch the little shifts in the seasons as they arrive, and the little celebrations that occur during our chore rituals and the other activities that make up daily life on a ranch. I am going to start sharing them more regularly on this blog, but with the addition of photos. I hope you enjoy! This is a column from just before the holidays – written just a few days after the man of the r
