Good Water

The dry plains drew Judy Proctor like a bear to her den...or a moth tothe flame. Ranching was her life. The sweat as she branded or doctoredcattle...the howl of a coyote in the quiet night air ... half-frozen fingers asshe cut the wire to loosen hay bales for hungry cattle scratching for survival in snow-covered land...all of the everyday existence on the ranch was her life.It was where she belonged.It was a lonely life.She had tried to leave the ranch to join the normal existence of a talentedyoung woman in the city but it had never been home. When her parents werekilled in an automobile accident she returned to the family ranch as muchbecause she needed it as it needed her. She faced a lonely life to be sharedwith no better company than Somegood and Useless her cow dog and themottled mutt that were her companions.Kathleen Romero slipped into Judy's life unexpectedly. She came to theplains to write a story. Would she stay because of the real truth she found inthe simple drama of husbanding land and animals?Unfortunately even wide-open spaces can be plagued by prejudice andclosed-minds. As the two women struggle to know each other they must alsocarve a place for themselves among the country-folk who have been Judy'sfriends and neighbors her entire life.