This post is from October 30 last year. The song is "Autumn Gold" by David Tolk.

Last Saturday's encore post included a picture of Hank.  I'd been trying to avoid posting encores that included him  because.....

I said goodbye to Hank on Friday. Yes, it was as heart-breaking as you're imagining.  The quality of his life had gone downhill fa...

I don't know what Hank and Johnny were listening to here, but I love that they were sharing the moment. Hank moves so slo...

Worrying about my animals is one of my specialties, and when Hank is involved,  I can raise worrying to an art form. For the past few mo...

The sun and I seem to be sleeping a little later these days.   Me: Good morning, George. George: You're being followed. ...

I love the way the ranch looks and feels in the fog. It's like an added layer of insulation from civiliz...

Finally, Monday morning, after 26 days, Hank is taking his final dose of medicine post-snakebite. He's doing great, by the way, with n...

They think I've come outside to remove their muzzles and masks. Wrong. I've really come out to check on Hank, because tha...

I've had a lot of animals over the years, large and small, and my experience here in New Mexico  is that the large animal vet bills (...

The big guy came home yesterday, and he seems totally back to his normal goofy self. In honor of his homecoming and to thank you all...

Whew. At 8:45 p.m. Tuesday night, Hank finally decided it was okay to drink water.  Give us all a heart attack, why don't you? The ...

Every time the vet calls, I take copious notes, and here is what I wrote down yesterday: 1. The latest ultrasound showed that his misplace...

Hank is not a happy camper. Though the swelling from the snakebite gradually decreased as the weekend progressed, other symptoms bega...

Spoiler alert: As I post this Friday evening at 5 p.m., Hank is doing well.  Remember that as I tell the tale. It was Thursday around...

 

I've been asked how Hank came into my life so I went way back in the blog archives  and found this post from September 2008.  ***...