Wilma: When the Spanish decided to explore the mainland, Caribbean pigs hopped aboard the ships to Florida. They’d had a run of bad luck...

Wilma: That Columbus, he did not give, he only took. In 1493, Columbus took pigs from the Canary Islands to Cuba and Jamaica. Pigs did...

Ack! A bug! But perhaps a "good" one? Piled with years of decaying refuse, its thin soil scraped away and overgrazed, the Patch was in a...

Small and very local bees... I am mad, but I don’t want to get even. Instead, I want out – out of a culture where everyone seems...

Greetings.   You were planning on obtaining the services of an assistant barn cat, correct? I have been faithfully persisting in my Patch...

Jorge the Boar likes pig celebrations, especially ones that include apples. Wilma: Pigs went to Newfoundland, to stay with Norse folks...

Greetings.   As an addendum to my previous missive regarding “chase,” it is with significant irritation that I must report an uptick in...

Wilma: Around 1000 BCE, there were lots of pigs in southern Greenland. European settlers brought them there, To feed the Greenland...

Greetings.   I write to share my thoughts on a recently observed Patch phenomenon. Let me explain…   Brigid the Darting Dog frequently...