the barn

Advice from Prison

My prison correspondent, Leonard Pickard, advises me on animal matters: Remove cat first! (if you dare)

The Bird and Cat Game

What happens on a blustery day when a cat has a bird trapped in the house, and the bird triumphs!

OCEAN BEACH AFTER THE STORM

After a bird was nearly slaughtered by our house cat, I walk to the beach and reconsider a beautiful Richard Wilbur poem.