Weekly Standard Contributor

Katherine Messenger

1 article 2013

Katherine Messenger contributed to The Weekly Standard in 2013. She wrote a piece reflecting on themes of hunting and rural life.

The Hunter Home from the Hill

August 12, 2013 · dogs, Casual, Magazine

One August afternoon in 1999, my parents and I drove to a farm in Leesburg, Virginia, to look at a litter of Jack Russell Terrier puppies we’d seen advertised. As soon as we arrived at the breeder’s house, we were confronted by Bunny, the long-legged mother of the pups. She was jumping in place,…