Fire when it’s a "Burn Day" and the local farmers burn weeds and garbage
Crop dusters overhead spraying nearby farms with insecticides
The lonesome whistle of the Southern Pacific train just a mile from here
Rubbing alcohol for disinfecting the kitchen and dining room
That ‘cows and manure’ farm fragrance as we drive on country roads
iPod music spilling out of my son’s headphones
Trucks whooshing by
Crickets indoors; loud
The trill of "here kitty kitty kitty, here kitty…"
Dogs barking in the distance
Cats loudly purring for food
Mariah the Goat crying in her pen – less and less now that she’s getting used to her new life
Children splashing in the swimming pool; children fighting; children chasing each other through the yard; crying.
HC coming into the bedroom late at night after working on pictures. "It’s just me…"