Willie and Waylon Join the Band

Willie and Waylon have joined the clan of critters here at Three Geese Farm. With our four laying hens named Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, and June Carter Cash, we now have a barnyard-and-bovine band. Willie and Waylon are Longhorn steer calves, about six months old. They were a 70th birthday gift from my Beautiful Mystery Companion. The gift was not exactly a surprise. We had gone down to a farm near Cleveland, just north of Houston, in early April to pick them out while they were still being nursed by their mamas. (They are not brothers but part of the same herd.) Their arrival...

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Hanging Out in Boston’s Back Bay

Last in a series about returning to my native New England BOSTON — We spent our final two vacation days in Back Bay, our favorite part of Boston, because it is close to most of the attractions to which we invariably return. We can either walk or take the T, the city’s efficient and safe subway system. Our home base is the venerable Lenox Hotel, which opened in 1900 in Copley Square, on the corner of Essex and Boylston streets. The finish line for the Boston Marathon is painted on the pavement less than a block away. I have been staying at the Lenox off and on, during trips to Boston for more...

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