January 18, 2008 – I get e-mail daily from people begging for goat pictures, as goats make them smile. It’s true. I smile whenever I go outside and these odd and curious creatures talk to me, look for food and carry about them a permanent sense of mischief, and being up to no good, which is usually true. They are also gentle and loving, surprisingly so, and I would miss going outside without having Murry stick his head through the fence and scold me for not visiting him or feeding him. It is no small thing to make people smile, and goats are so inherently ridiculous that you just can’t help it. I am glad to have three, even if I often wish they would just shut up and mind their own business.