Talking Animals at Midnight
Just in from the night feed. It's longjohn weather, my head bandaged with layers of hats and a muffler, thick boots,...
Severe Weather Warning
It was 78 degrees yesterday. It's late October so the sun is lower in the sky. There was a slight...
Caring for the Lead Mare
It was a perfect day. There were just enough clouds to soften the heat. The front gate didn't open once all day...
Email Subject Line: "Do I Want a Horse?"
February 2nd, 10 pm, 12 degrees. There was dense fog all day. We didn't see the sun and the temperature stayed...
A Word from My Publicist (Cover Reveal)
My name is Edgar Rice Burro. I'm the publicist for Prairie Moon Press. I got the job because I have...
The Devil Is In the Details
How to create a homemade project that looks professional and inviting and even artistic--that's the dilemma. I would love...
How I Spent Your Summer Vacation.
Do you ever have that feeling that you're watching a foreign film, only it's broad daylight and your own life?...
The Fine Art of Cantankery.
I've had a hard time acting my age. That's not it, exactly. It's more like I'm straddling the Grand Canyon...
A Cautionary Tale About Sleeping Around.
We heard about Arthur, who had reached that certain age in the life of a young goat, just as we...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Dance
Ay yi yi yi...Tequila Spring on the Prairie. For Edgar Rice Burro it's all about a longear tango of arc...
Carrots Aren't Enough.
We've had a lot of company at the farm lately. Sometimes I take them into the family pen. The Grandfather...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Gathering
Gathering. Well, it's one of my favorite things. A sweet meditative time with the good company of Edgar Rice Burro...
The Grandfather Horse: When Animals Have Pets…
I have a bone to pick with my Grandfather Horse. He stole my goat. It's hard to complain. Spirit's been...
On Being an Old Gray Mare With Chronic Lameness
It's a shooting pain. Usually my foot is brick-tight and I can't bend my toes. When I do manage to...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Grid
A fence is a grid of separation. It's used to keep some of us inside and to keep others of...
Goats: A Different 12 Step Program.
It just hasn't been the same since Sumo died. He was my last old-goat-standing and a card-carrying anarchist. He'd been...
Book Talks: Grade School Revisited.
Gideon and Kim Walnes, reading in a more comfortable place. "Oh no, not another long inane...
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beneath Your Feet.
Edgar Rice Burro is right to be concerned. These lettuce-colored Crocs (beneath my feet) are not safe barn-wear. They say...
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