Little Pasture on the Prairie

At the very beginning of the pandemic, we brought two orphaned Nigerian dwarf goats home, a little white female and an equally tiny black male. It was bitterly cold, and the forecast, both literally and metaphorically, predicted more of the same.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

Almost a year ago exactly, I wrote about a tiny, cream-and-yellow striped kitten our visiting Italian friend found crying in the corral. The poor thing was smaller than the palm of his hand, minutes old – she still had a damp umbilical cord—and her mother was nowhere to be found.

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands

“If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.” A song familiar to all of us. However, how familiar is the awareness of our body clues of feeling happy to all of us to truly “know it?

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To editor, regarding the list of 1910 events: To clarify – the very informal supper in my backyard is known locally as “The Gathering of the Old Strays.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

I am writing this from a hand-hewn table built into the wall of a tinned cabin in the woods. Outside the large picture window, there’s a small meadow of wildflowers below the green canopy of trees, and beyond that a gravel road.

What’s in a (Medical Specialty) Name?

Doctors are taught medical terms and jargon in medical school like a secret code. Many medical terms are rooted in Greek and Latin.

What to do about marijuana?

There are so many questions. Is it safe? Does pot smoking lead to the use of hard drugs? What is the risk of pot smoking during pregnancy? Does marijuana have medical value in treating disease? Does smoking pot relieve the side effects of cancer treatment?

Stray Thoughts: Candlelight

Young couples will celebrate any special occasion.Three-month, six-month, nine-month anniversary… all pretty common in the overall scheme of things.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

In the crush of travel, the new book, and the beginning of summer I have somehow neglected to report on one of the most exciting things that has happened in recent memory: The long-awaited arrival of yarn spun from the wool of my own darling sheep!

Urinary leakage in men and women

As husband and wife urologists, we talk a lot about the urinary tract and how it affects our patients.In women, the most common urinary concern is incontinence, or the involuntary leakage of urine. There are several causes and many treatment options exist depending on the type.