December 24, 2008 – Winston can’t seem to stand up anymore, so we have to bring food and water to him. He’s eating a bit, but mostly lying on his side. The chickens were starting to peck at him,so I put him in a crate, put grain and water in. This brave and faithful creature has about had it, and I want him to have a natural and comfortable death.  He’s been through a lot. He is, in many ways, the symbol of the farm, and he has meant a lot to me here. These last two days, he has stopped crowing, and it seems quiet here. I hope my friend Lesley Nase, the healer and shaman is right, and that Winston is going to a place of spirits, where animals go.