New Nature Nonfiction & Photography: Golden Comet Hospice
By Audie Cockings
Mama swaddled the week-old infant and strapped the fragile runt neatly into her own slight chest. It had been seven years since she’d tethered herself to a baby. But Mama was getting desperate. The topical spray pharmaceuticals, vitamin drops, manual extractions, and even a warm sitz bath couldn’t fix the distended lower abdomen of her young one.
The sheer frail skin covering Tiny’s lower G.I. was increasingly warm and pink. Impacted bowels were finding no more road to roam and the last exit was blocked with a pebbly yellow wall that kept reinforcing itself. Mama spoke with experts on line, all in agreement that an internal abnormality was primary reason for Tiny’s failure to thrive. The bowel trouble, a symptom of a mortal medical defect.
Mama searched online for home remedies as she gently stroked Tiny’s tender disproportioned lower trunk. Tiny had declined enormously after having a brief rally on day four just to tank the following two. It was now day seven and there was nothing more Mama could do.
Gray Skies & Hot Pink Sunset Colliding
By David M. Swindle
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A Beautiful Dog Wrapped in the Sunset
By David M. Swindle
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A Siberian Husky at Peace in the Backyard
By David M. Swindle
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A Gorgeous Sunset: Pink, Orange, and Blue Memories from October 7, 2016
By David M. Swindle
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The Awe of Glacier National Park (3 Fantastic Photographs)
By Mark Ellis
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A Perfect Purple Sunset from September 21, 2015
By David M. Swindle
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‘It is the eternal curse of guys who have pretty wives or girlfriends…’
By David Churchill Barrow
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“Do you hear the grasshopper that is at your feet?”
By David Churchill Barrow
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There Is a Free Lunch After All…
By Audie Cockings
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