The Littlest Puppy

The Littlest Puppy

He wasn't the biggest puppy in the litter. Two others were bigger than him, and both had drifted into a sleep from which there would be no awakening. As gentle hands lifted him out of the whelping box and offered a bottle, he nuzzled into the tips of each finger,...

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The Peppermint Candy

The moon was high … the indigo/night air smelled like water and the air sizzled its arms around you . . . that's how it felt, as we waited . . . . She hadn't been born on the farm. Unlike the rest of the mares, she had been the expensive gift from a man to his wife....

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The Love of Animals

Over the years, I've been lucky enough to know lots of interesting animals. Horses, Dogs, Cats, Wildlife... If they liked people, I had a knack of getting to know them pretty well. When I started my career as an artist, animals were a natural subject for me to...

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