on hallowed ground

part two: the butter

Part one of this essay, “the cow” can be read here.

Chores are all done now. All of the animals have been released from the safety of their night time houses. Everyone watered and fed and moved to fresh pasture. Yesterdays’s electric fencing has been taken down, each reel rolled up, every foot post taken out. Today’s electric fencing has been set up, eac…