Hello, God. It's me, Mara.

Horses were the means of transportation 80 years ago. A family with four girls had a big white horse named Daisy. These little girls loved all of their farm animals but especially Daisy, as she was their means to get to their rural school, 3 ½ miles north of their home. Picture them, youngest to oldest, astride Daisy. Occasionally baby sister Donna got to visit school, too, rider number one on Daisy’s back.

Prairie scene, besides various grasses, flowers, birds, it might include coyotes, gophers, badgers, skunks, maybe even weasels; these last three their Dad trapped. Come winter, thei...