I'm lighting a candle this morning for Bill Oates, my old friend.
We are living through a sad and sorry time in our nation's history - especially in regard to how we handle death in our communities.
Two dogs resided at Total Loss Farm. Barf-Barf was a black-and-white collie who had come with the place. Mamoushka was the Siberian husky who had jumped onto the front seat of my old Volvo sedan when I was visiting friends in the city. She smelled the farm and Barf-Barf...