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Eulogy for an old burro

On March 21, 2017 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized5 Comments

Around our small ranch animals are constantly born while others die. For those raised for food, mostly goats, sheep and cattle, their stay on earth is brief and uneventful until their last day. Donkeys, horses and ranch dogs live longer but only for as long as they can perform their jobs.Then there are the fatalities, …

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When the babes come marchin' in

On August 22, 2011 By Alfredo LanierIn Uncategorized2 Comments

Photographing baby animals around the ranch is cheap but irresistible blog material. Félix the gardener found the little rabbit under a cactus, where it had been cornered by Lucy who spends her life going after rabbits but never catching any. Like dogs who chase cars, Lucy wouldn't know what to do if she actually caught one. …

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San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

I'm a Cuban-American living with my husband of 50 years in a small ranch about five miles outside San Miguel de Allende. We retired here 15 years ago.

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