The Blessings of the Animals: A Novel by Katrina Kittle

Author:Katrina Kittle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Horses, Women veterinarians, Fiction, Fiction - General, Self-realization in women, American Contemporary Fiction - Individual Authors +, Mothers and daughters, General
ISBN: 9780061906077
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-09-15T07:00:00+00:00

ON THE MORNING THAT THE BINARDI CLAN ARRIVED TO help move Bobby’s things, I left the farm. I stayed away until Gabby called to say they were done and she was going to lunch with them.

When I returned, I steeled myself before entering the house. Spaces on the walls where paintings used to be. Furniture gone. In the kitchen, Bobby had taken his share of things, but it did seem that his presence was still there. It still felt like a room I entered as a guest.

Standing there, though, I looked outside and saw Muriel moving through the front yard in what could only be described as a dance, skipping, leaping, and striking out with her front cloven hooves. Whimsical and joyous. I had a revelation: I could do whatever I wanted. And what I wanted was to make this kitchen mine.

It took me ten minutes to form a plan, then I drove off to Lowe’s to buy paint.

I enlisted the help of Gabby, the Davids, Helen and Hank, and Aurora (who jokingly complained, “Didn’t we just paint the clinic?”), and it took two days to complete the job, but I—or rather, they, with their healthy ribs—created the kitchen I wanted. We covered the staid cream, painting each wall a different color to match the Fiestaware I loved (which had been relegated to a bottom cupboard because Bobby said food presented best on plain white plates): a juicy tomato red, a turquoise, a bright sunflower gold, a lime green. The Portuguese tile was stunning in this setting.

The kitchen was now as whimsical and joyous as my dear little white goat.

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