Valerie Mangion         

My mother died on August 30, 1999. With some money she left me, I fulfilled my life-long dream of getting my own horse. Against all...

Thursday, March 9, 2017, 2:43 a.m. Ellis actually thought I would sleep better, now that Tucker is dead. Isn’t that cute? 3:55 a.m.,...

Monday, February 12th, 2002 A Typical Winter Day ~~ 5:00 - 6:30 am - Lie awake waiting for Tina to call (to see if I have to substitute...

From May to September What I mostly remember Is animal crises, Caregiving and fly-sies. I’m thrilled summer’s over With its slaframine...

May 15, 1996 Yesterday I got stopped for speeding in Cross Plains. I was very touched by the whole incident. I approached the cop with...

(November of 2012 was a really sad month. Two of our beloved cats disappeared within two days of each other, most likely the victims of...

Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2013 En route to Ellen and Jack’s house in Waunakee. Ellis is granting me 20 minutes of silence so I can...

July 5, 2012 Sunday morning we walked Sylvie. There was a beautiful bunny munching grass near the foot of the driveway. “Hi, Bunny!” I...

July 17, 1980 When I love him the most is when I’m the coldest and aloof-est (sometimes). Or else it’s times like last night, after the...

(One more passage from my current journal) March 9, 2017 Dewey has been caked with mud for the past few days. The mud layer finally dried...

(I spent a lot of time in the spring and summer of 2000 looking for a companion horse for my horse, Rabbit.) Sunday, July 9, 2000 Jeanne...

(This entry was written three days after my second horse, Dewey, was delivered. I got him because my first horse, Rabbit, a yearling,...

(This is weird - I just went to my shelves full of journals, kind of guessed which area this volume might reside in - and pulled it on...