Cabin Notes: a field guide to the creatures in my head

Busy in there.

A Field Guide to the Creatures Living in My Winter Brain

1. The Little Ermine Who Lives in the Woodshop
White as a snow crest, darting between boards and banished screws. She has no business here except as potential mascot. We see her tracks through the catio, bounding from wood pile to wood pile. She peers in at my thoughts, paws tucked neatly, as if to …