by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow After dinner Grandpa Tells a Story Knowing what is on the menu makes you hungry earlier than usual. By five o’clock that afternoon, we were all hanging around Grandpa’s cabin, waiting for him to announce that dinner was ready so we could help...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow A conversation about Where There’s Smoke After lunch, Grandpa came up from the valley and wanted to borrow Susanna for the afternoon to help him make green chile stew and tortillas for our dinner.6 Mom said she could go and Susanna was flattered to be...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Working through A Boyfriend and a Sick Cow “Josephine looks ill,” Dad told me when I got to the garden. “Would you go back inside and make her a medicated apple?”I felt a pang of alarm grip my stomach and Dad said, “It just looks...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow The meaning of Holy Cow “Hey.” Will spoke from behind me as I stood on the kitchen porch, beating the eggs for breakfast. As I turned toward him on the right, he snitched an apple muffin from the platter on my left where I had them all arranged...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Daniel has his Eyes Opened That evening after milking and doing chores, I saw Will coming back to the house with the rifle over his shoulder. “Got the leader of the pack and wounded two others,” he said simply as he walked by me and into the...
by Connect | Jan 2, 2020 | Holy Cow
Holy Cow Getting to know Daniel After the long, hot shower, I went to my room, wrapped in a robe and just stood there, looking out the window for a long time. I could see Josephine and Squirt figuring out how to be mother and newborn calf. They appeared to be enjoying...
