Blanket Stories: Western Door, Salt Sacks, Three Sisters

A site-specific installation commissioned by the Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York

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Beth &Pete Hylen
Painted Post, NY, and Lexington, KY
Tags
Pets, Selected stories

This blue-and-white checked blanket was a favorite of our 20-year-old calico “Kitty.” When she died, we wrapped her body in the blanket until we could bury her. Later on, Jay-dog, our beloved basset hound, picked up Kitty’s scent on the comfy blanket and ecstatically wagged her tail thinking Kitty (her pal) had returned. From then on, Jay-dog claimed the blanket as her own.