

Morning in Wyoming, 20 Below
First light, spreading from the hills over snow-covered pastures and trees
Fawn-colored Jersey milk cow, peeking at me from her house, frost coating her long eyelashes with white mascara
Horses, also with frosty eyelashes, turned dapple-grey with frost, rather than sorrels and bays
Racing 1500-pound draft horses to spread their hay before they grab the bale from my hands
One lone goat, whose breed traces to Africa, calling to me from deep inside her shed, asking for break