Good-Heart Medicine tells the story of a young half-blood Indian boy who runs away from his alcoholic mother to live with his grandfather. Mary McFarlin Larson (1953-2025) wrote it in the 1990s, when casual racism, hitchhiking, and smoking were common. The story rides along inside Joe Hummingbird’s mind as he learns from some of the animal spirits around us. Mary was a lifelong student of Native American history and spiritualism. Her characters learn spirit lessons, and the story includes snapshots of her own childhood on a rural farm in central Wisconsin. Cities named are real places, although the locations inside them are not. The people are made up, except for Mary, who appears here as a version of herself. Front and back cover original artwork is by Mary McFarlin Larson. Transcribed and edited for publication by Joe Larson, September 2025.