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
Walking in the Evening, All Together
I've been trying to walk every evening. As I get bigger, and slower, it gets harder, but some evenings are so beautiful it would be difficult NOT to walk out into the cooling dusk. Today there was just such an evening -- and I wasn't the only one who thought so. Yesterday we had a near blizzard, and today it was spring, glorious spring, again. This evening was so warm and gorgeous, in fact, even my skinny little greyhound, Micah, braved a long walk. Hard to believe there was
Autumn Arrives
I am writing this on a laptop sitting at a kitchen counter. An area I am now calling my office. I’ve been inundated suddenly with writing projects, some of which require extensive phone interviews, so beside me are a notepad, a cell phone, and the house phone. I have been exchanging emails with an aide from the governor’s office. However, lest you think I am getting too fancy, I am also wearing pajama pants, which is by far the most exciting part of this line of work. My seco
Friday Project: The week in photos (week 5, August 8)
Well, I missed a week. Technology is my nemesis. I had all the photos chosen and uploaded, the text written, the layout laid out, and the draft saved. Then it got “lost.” Sigh. It didn’t help that my heart was and is really hurting. You see, I also just lost Betty, one of the little calves I was raising. She had grown big and was thriving, and then suddenly she was dead. Just like that. I am also losing my sweet cat, Charles Dickens. He went missing, then came back, but he is
First Walk
After reading the article "A Daily Walking Practice" by Shari Altman in the amazing magazine Taproot I decided to find a route to walk if not daily, at least often. Altman says "I know of no better way of connecting with the seasons than by walking the same path on a regular basis."...So today the dogs and I went out into the cool, gray morning, heading north along the dirt road that borders my little pasture in search of our own path. Before I tell the tale of the walk, how
