There is a Cow in the Garage
When I first saw him, he was covered with dust…
My cow is a picture I drew when I was between eight and ten years old.
My parents met milking cows in rural Kansas. They grew up in Girard, in the southeast corner of the state near Pittsburg. Mom and Dad are both gone now, but I still remember taking a trip with them to visit a dairy.
When I got home, I drew a picture of a cow, colored it with crayons, and wrote a short description. My mom put it in a frame, and hung it on the wall where it remained for decades.
The text under my cow picture is written in cursive:
The Dairy Cow
We went to see a cow today. It was a Guernsey. These cows are brown and white. We saw a calf too. He was a Guernsey too. There are three different kinds of cows Guernsey, Holstein and Jersey. The cow is one of the most useful animals to man. The first cows in America were brought by Columbus from Spain on his second voyage in 1493.
Dennis Conrad
I hadn’t seen my cow for years.
Now that I write children’s books, my cow takes on greater significance.
On June 26, 2021, I spoke to members of the Diamond Valley Writers’ Guild via Zoom. My talk was called “Writing for the Children’s Market.” I showed the group my cow and read what I had written.
My cow makes me smile and makes me realize I have always been a writer.
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Diamond Valley Writers’ Guild Presentation