Little Pasture on the Prairie

“If we get heavy snow this winter, we are in real trouble,” a neighbor says. “And if we don’t get heavy snow, we are in real trouble…”

“True,” my husband replies, nodding his head.

“What does that mean?” I ask my husband in private, later.

“Everybody’s got just barely enough hay to get through the winter. If there’s a lot of snow we’ll need more feed and there’s no place to get it — everyone is in th…