Category Bonnie
Solace
August 19, 2005 · by Kathryn Grace · in Animal husbandry, Bonnie, Death, Jacob, Jonathon, Legends and lore, Merilee, Tracey · 1 Comment
Sometimes Bonnie picked an older child, or one of the adults. She would have no one but the one she ambled to when she saw the milkers coming. She would step close to her mark and shove her nose into their armpit.
Bonnie
August 17, 2005 · by Kathryn Grace · in Animal husbandry, Betty, Bonnie, Community structures, Death, Healing-medicine, Jacob, Jonathon, Marita, Noah, Spiritual practice, Work practices · 5 Comments
We find her in the barn, her head in Jacob’s lap. Animals roam freely on the hills behind Ordinary, coming to the barn only for shelter. Weakened by illness, Bonnie must have sought comfort.