Cara Bianca

Born in San Antonio and raised in assorted cities across the United States, Cara Bianca settled in the rural Ozarks a decade ago. She is supremely grateful for the privacy her country home affords her, but she now suffers from Pastoral Dependency, a degenerative disorder that makes her resistant to intrusive technologies and renders her unable to resist bird watching—especially in winter. She and her husband are thrilled by bald eagles, red-bellied woodpeckers, and tufted titmice in equal measure…