Posted By: chubbyalaskagriz
May 4 # 5 of 10
I agree CF.
I was raised in central Illinois farm-country (where I have returned to live today to be near aging parents- after being elsewhere for long years), I was raised w/ every pet you could think of from dogs/cats to coons and peacocks. Also came up learning to hunt- roamed woods, fields and riverbeds in search of rabbits, squirrels, coons, pheasant, deer... and part of the magic I loved about Alaska was the bountiful wildlife... When I left Illinois initially, I was a little bored w/ the terrain and life here. But time in Alaska taught me that ALL regions hold magic and charm... and that the geography of even the flat-land holds value and mystique. I am SO grateful for that lesson. Now I love the Mid-West! Whudda thunk that Alaska could make me change my mind about boring mundane
cornfields?
Have you ever read the "All Creatures Great & Small" series of several books by the retired English vet James Herriot? It was also a long-running PBS series. He's written several books telling the tales of his 50+ years of doctoring animals across the English countryside in an era before modern conveniences such as penicillin. I just read "The Good Lord Made Them All" and another volume of just cat stories. I highly recommend for all nature/animal lovers. Such fine, fine charming reading told w/ a kind, caring, English voice! All his books are in libraries and also available used and cheap at Amazon.