"Misfits of Love: Healing Conversations in the Barnyard" written and illustrated by our fellow blogger, Katherine Dunn.
I wildly admire the author and artist’s talent with words and
paint brush as she captures the personalities of her rescued misfit animals.
Her farm is brimming with mostly older animals including goats, pigs, dogs,
cats, a goose, donkeys and more that she and her husband rescued and created a
forever home for them on their farm.
Dunn’s paintings/sketches of her misfits show kindness in the
eyes of her subjects and often wisdom. How does she capture that kindness in the eyes and in the tilt of the head? Dunn takes some of her most perceptive
misfits to visit people in retirement homes and hurting people visit them at the farm too. One of the misfits is an older donkey named
Matilda who has discovered that her inner calling in her own retirement years
is to give love, often by standing still as people approach her, pet her and
lean gently on her. Rosie the Grumpy Pig and Pino the Healer are more members of her animal family. Dunn’s words and paintings will make you smile, feel
wistful and realize that death is part of the cycle of life. I think every
thoughtful animal lover will treasure this book and proceeds from book sales go for food and other costs for her Misfits. For more information I enjoy reading Dunn's blog Apifera Farm which Katherine keeps
up to date.
