Approaching Mystery: Maren Grossman on Unexpected Creatures

When I was a child I developed the curious notion that virtue could be measured by whether or not stray animals gravitated toward a person.  This idea came from the books I was reading at the time, mostly James Herriot and Madeleine L’Engle. In Madeleine L’Engle’s novels, stray animals were always appearing at characters’ doors, […]