D. E. Larsen, DVM Some life lessons are quickly learned, others not so much. And then, some lessons come by surprise and are entirely unexpected. When I started veterinary school, I still had a couple of years left on the GI Bill and several thousand dollars still in the bank from my Army savings. IContinue reading “The Budget Book”
Category Archives: Family
A Full Belly Comes to those Who Seek It
D. E. Larsen, DVM Preface: This short story comes from my family’s lore, and I write it now because it has implications for the current times. Today young mothers are having extreme difficulty in obtaining commercial baby formula to feed their infants. The medical profession and the social media “fact-checker” caution them not to resortContinue reading “A Full Belly Comes to those Who Seek It “
The Beard
D. E. Larsen, DVM There was a fresh dusting of snow on the road as I pulled into the back of the clinic. It was early, but I had just finished treating a cow with milk fever. Don, the other associate veterinarian in the Enumclaw clinic, came through the door before eight. “I’m thinking weContinue reading “The Beard”