D. E. Larsen, DVM “David, I want you to set the table tonight,” Mom said as I came through the door. My shoulders slumped. I had just finished my chores at the barn. The table setting was women’s work in my mind. “Where is Linda?” I asked. “She will be late tonight,” Mom said. “NowContinue reading “The Meat Fork”
Category Archives: Veterinary Medicine
Treating Blossom, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM “David, don’t move for a minute!” Mrs. Bishop said as she came at me with a pitchfork. Blossom, a Guernsey milk cow, was secured in her stanchion of the Bishop’s small barn. She supplied the Bishops and several neighbors with milk for most of the year. Today, her stall area wasContinue reading “Treating Blossom, From the Archives”
Old Three Toes, From the Archives
D. E. Larsen, DVM When I was growing up in Coos County one rarely encountered a Coyote, except on the high ridges. We didn’t think much about it at the time. That was just the way it was. I remember the first coyote I saw, on the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, on a cold morningContinue reading “Old Three Toes, From the Archives”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 