Skeeter and The Veteran

Skeeter and The Veteran

These stories first appeared in BarBar March of 2023               Skeeter Did I tell you about losing my rooster? No? It was a sad thing, happened a couple of weeks ago. Skeeter was about eight or nine years old, but still a proud...
Mortality Waits

Mortality Waits

In the ominous gloom of predawn, behind and somewhere above the henhouse, an owl poses the question: “Who? Who, who?” Inside, the hens shuffle restlessly, murmuring their fears and discontent, unhappy to be awakened before sunup, with mortality perched just outside,...