D. E. Larsen, DVM “Dr. Larsen, This is Maude, from Brownsville,” Maude said into the phone. “Cookie, my best milk goat, is about ready to deliver. She is so large that she has been down for two days. Can I bring her up to your place so you can look at her?” “That’s fine, Maude,Continue reading “Cookie’s Litter, From the Archives”
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Jerd
D. E. Larsen, DVM Peggy was lying on the kitchen floor and reaching as far as possible under the wood cookstove. “I can almost reach him,” Peggy said. “Leave him alone. He will just scratch you,” I said. “Jerd doesn’t like us.” Jerd was our grandmother’s cat. He was a short-haired, white cat with oneContinue reading “Jerd “
Hallowed Ground, Prefaced, From the Archives
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, From the Archives”
Memoirs of a Country Vet 