Feral (Part 3)

At 5 years old, I sit in a waiting room holding a stuffed kangaroo, her baby snugly tucked in her pouch. A nurse in starched

Feral (Part 2)

This morning, the dark kitten, the one my daughter calls the “fluffy, neurotic one,” hissed at me as I walked into the bathroom.  He always

Feral

April 15th, I walked into my chicken coop expecting only to find my one lone chicken, the others having been eaten by raccoons or passed

Paradise – A true story

Vultures.  Again.  As I drive the winding oak lined road to our new home, a home that had originally felt like the place I have

Someone’s Listening

           Sally fidgeted on her mother’s lap throwing the toys her parents brought for her.  “She’s just like me when I was a child,” her mother

And baby makes (how many)?

Like me, my husband, Dave, comes from a blended family.  Dave’s mother died when he was 7.  A year later, his father remarried June, a widow with

On Becoming a Country Girl

In front of the porch sits Jim’s truck. All four chickens sit on the front seat, cooing and clucking, all the vocabulary they have to

Love – Too much to ask for?

Of course you want everyone to love each other. When people come together to create a family, it is normal for the members of this