LITTLE, Kathleen Ann “Kathy” – Wallbrook. A life that may look ordinary can have an extraordinary reach. Kathy Little touched more lives than she knew with her warmth, intelligence and humour. Born in Philadelphia on September 12, 1948, Kathy was raised on a speck of an island off the coast of southern New Jersey. She attended university “off shore” and whiled away her working life near the White House in Washington, DC. She crunched numbers for several businesses during turbulent times – enduring the aftermath of the race riots that burned down entire blocks of the District of Columbia, a grand farmers’ “march” that closed access to the city as hundreds of farmers drove their 20-ton tractors to the Capitol, and a plane crash into the 14th Street Bridge. During the last 12 years, Kathy lived in Nova Scotia with her husband, LeRoy, raising Scottish Highland cattle on a farm near Grand Pré with the help of four brainy border collies. After a brief illness, she died there on Thursday, November 24, 2011, with LeRoy by her side. It was obvious to those who knew her that she doted on LeRoy, even while she rolled her eyes at having been (willingly) dragged off to a farm in Nova Scotia. Kathy described herself as a black-and-white thinker, yet if anyone ever thought in Technicolor, it was Kathy. Even in the depths of her illness, her self-deprecating wit could make a visitor laugh. She was a keen member of the Irish Book Club that met at Paddy’s Pub every month, and she studied French and took part in a Writing Fiction class for four years through Acadia Lifelong Learning. The small writing group to which she belonged always looked forward to being surprised and delighted by Kathy’s latest story. Her writing was deft, fast-paced, well researched, and funny. It ranged from tales of Hollywood in the Roaring Twenties to animal stories about her remarkable border collie, Angus, and the Scottish Highland cattle he supervised. “If I could teach Angus to write, he’d be at Acadia,” she said. When Angus died unexpectedly in late September, Kathy was heartbroken. She cared deeply for animals and their welfare. Although she and LeRoy were new to farming when they moved to Nova Scotia, they were both committed to providing humane lives for their Highland cattle. “Each one is an individual,” Kathy once said. “That’s an unexpected feeling, realizing that, in a small way, you actually are very successful in giving them good lives.” Kathy lent her talents to the Wolfville Farmers’ Market as its treasurer and a board member for a year, and to the Acadia Lifelong Learning Centre – until her illness prevented her from continuing – as an advisory board member and its chair. Her career before moving to Canada was with The Nature Conservancy in Arlington, Virginia. She was smart, creative, loving, sparky, generous, modest, and brave. She will be missed. Kathy and LeRoy were both grateful for the support of family and friends, the quality and dedication of the medical team, and the gentle skill of the care team. Kathy is survived by LeRoy and by her children, Stephanie Galton and Adam Galton. By Kathy’s request, there will be no funeral service. Donations in her memory may be made to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).