January 12, 2009 – So walking on the path today, Lenore joyously brought me what I first thought was a stick, but which turned out to be the leg of a deer, probably eaten by coyotes. For some days, Lenore has been veering off the path out of sight, and then throwing up and having diarrhea in the farmhouse. She was horrified when I took the thing away from her, and I had to put it in the truck and drive it miles away or she would have tracked it down. There is not much Lenore would not eat, but I suspect snacking on the rest of the deer and on the foot may have contributed to her digestive troubles.
  She could not have been prouder or happier to have this deer part, and I was sorry to take it away from her. But not very.