Morning Soundscape of a Rural Alva Homestead

Nighttime at News-Press storyteller Amy Bennett Williams’ rural Alva homestead is usually a relatively peaceful and quiet place. However, come morning, that quiet soundscape is shattered in a cacophony of dissonant noises from dogs, cats, geese, boys, roosters, horses and other beasts all working concertedly in what can only be described as a barnyard symphony. She takes us there, in this week’s essay.