I am a meat-eating, animal-lover, an omnivore who can nonetheless appreciate the value (and personalities) of living, breathing animals, even those that are not typically domesticated.  For example, keeping two pigs as house pets does not keep me from enjoying a bite of pork now and again. Some people may find this hard to [...]

There is a common belief in western culture that sheep are good and goats are bad.  Many religious sermons discuss separating the sheep from the goats (and the goats aren’t on the good side) and even in popular culture, goats are portrayed less wholesome than their ovine counterparts.  To be sheepish is to be shy, [...]

The backdoor creaks open.  The backyard bleats in response.  Clunky rubber boots thud down the deck steps.  A widespread rustle in the woods rushes towards me.  Heaving an orange, painter’s bucket, water sloshes on my side, on my water-resilient boots, in my water-resilient boots.  Halfway to the barn, the wooded rustle catches up to me.  [...]