Karen Boxell is a retired high school teacher who has been writing, mostly for her own pleasure, and for small local publications for many years. She is a minor published poet. She has a deep love and appreciation for the many creatures that share our human world. She talks to her own pets as if they were completely in mutual understanding with her, and indeed, they sometimes seem to be. She and her husband have created a haven of their small property that has been very welcoming to animals that live in water, as well as on and under the ground, and those who soar above us all.