Introduction

            I live a hairy life. There is cat hair on my coffee mugs, dog hair on my carpets, horse hair on all my jackets and gloves. I have a feather collection - feathers that drifted across the barnyard at work from the domestic birds I help care for. I spotted these particularly pristine, but no longer needed, feathers and brought them home to admire.
            I work at Peace Ridge Sanctuary in Penobscot, Maine. I go to work in the morning and let the animals out, if it's not too cold. Then I clean as much as I can before noon. Then I rest. Then I go play with Fable the horse, and then I go home and care for my three cats, two foster dogs, and sometimes foster kittens. Then, I sleep. Tomorrow, I do it again.
            Why? Because they are all beautiful, every one of them. Because helping creatures live comfortably is something I have been driven to do for as long as I can remember. Because of the wonder that is another living, breathing being.
            Another thing I have always been driven to do is write. Write about my experiences, my ideas, my reactions to the world. It helps me organize my brain, but writing is also the medium in which I am most comfortable sharing and interacting with other people.
            So here I am, writing a blog about animal rescue. There will be pictures and videos. There will be stories. There will be ideas. This space is where I will present (parts of) my inner workings so that the world may benefit however it will. If you find value in what I post here, I am glad. I hope the animals benefit, too - I hope that what you find here helps you to go out in the big wide world and speak gently of other living creatures.