D. E. Larsen, DVM We made a trip to Portland a while back for my 4-year checkup from prostate cancer treatment. My Radiation Oncologist wants to see me next year, so it looks like they expect me to live that long, at least. Traveling to downtown Portland lets one realize how lucky we areContinue reading “Trip to Portland”
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Don’t Put Her in the Barn
D. E. Larsen, DVM Looking around as I waited for George, it was apparent this is a well kept old ranch, probably by a perfectionist. There was nothing out of place. The barn was old, with a little bow in the roof’s ridgeline, but it had a fresh coat of bright red paint. The smallContinue reading “Don’t Put Her in the Barn”
The True Nature of Things
By guest author John Marble If you are going to be successful running a small business in a small town, especially a small town that you weren’t born in, you had better be able to get along with the locals. In Doc Larsen’s case, of course, this meant not only getting along with the catsContinue reading “The True Nature of Things”
Hallowed Ground, Prefaced
Preface I have posted this story before on this blog, but it is the most fitting story I have for a Memorial Day post. It speaks to the tremendous sacrifice suffered from a small group of farm families living along the banks of Catching Creek, a small tributary to the Coquille River. I grewContinue reading “Hallowed Ground, Prefaced”
My First Foal Delivery
D. E. Larsen, DVM “Doc, this is Sid, Stan’s brother,” Sid said into the phone. “I have to go to work, but I have a mare down in the middle of the field, just over the little creek. She has a foal stuck. I don’t know how long she has been at it, I justContinue reading “My First Foal Delivery”