Tall Ears and Short Tales: Observations from the Barn Review

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(More customer reviews)The back of the book says "With humor and a deep sense of wonder, the stories in this book introduce the depths of interaction between an eclectic cast of animals and the woman who cares so deeply about them". That does not begin to touch on everything this book is. It draws the reader in, and there is a gamut of feelings shared with the reader in gentle, clearly worded images.
I felt as if I knew the author and her "babies" personally before I was half through the book. Some of the stories are sad, some so funny that I actually laughed out loud. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has ever loved an animal or had to put up with someone who stares at golf courses and says "What a waste of good grass!"

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When Carol Chapman sold her home in Connecticut, she soon found herself on one of those roads less traveled and that has made all the difference. Arriving in Texas, she bought a ranch and created The Last Refuge, a sanctuary for unwanted dogs, cats, goats, and, most of all, for horses, mules, and donkeys that were destined for the slaughterhouse.Meet Chipper, a chocolate Lab who not only participates in nursing horses back to health, but has also raised cats, lambs, and baby chicks. Learn how goats secretly yearn for the mountains of their ancestors and happily leap onto the hood of a car to illustrate that point. Follow Chapman around for a day and discover that it's hard to get out of shape when caring for horses-if lugging what has to go in one end (massive buckets of water, sixty-pound bales of hay, and fifty-pound bags of grain) doesn't keep a waistline trim, shoveling up piles of what comes out the other end will.Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a hay bale, and enjoy Chapman's unconventional collection of earthy, hilarious, but always heart-warming and timeless reminiscences.