pets
November 21, 2009
- November 21 FLORAL TROPHIES Captured pet plants grow in my window. Why these specimens are given such regal care I suspect, but can’t explain. Delicate shoots pile out of sturdy stalks; roots force the confines of my decorative pots. How many neighborly blooming faces stare into my kitchen, greeting me mornings? I am amazed what good company my leafy friends can be when I am ...
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September 30, 2009
- I am not a dog person. I never was. As a child I was deathly afraid of them, and I dragged my feet for years when my boys begged for one. When the last kid was finally toilet trained, I had run out of excuses. (I had stipulated that I would not be cleaning up dog poop and the human variety. At which point my then four year-old handed me his pack of Pull-Ups, declaring he no longer had need of ...
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September 24, 2009
- I had just finished this poem when I found out about this week's theme. What more can I say?Ode to Merlin He's so beautifulI look at him and reasonbreaks with love.How can I communicate thisto anyone?He's so specialmy big little Shiatsu,my love-toy, my boy-his long, sensual neck;his tongue that I've seen quiver fast as humming birds' wings;his frustration with barking and longingto talk by way ...
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September 21, 2009
- We have a place in a village within an island county that has recently suffered trendiness. I knew the place had gone sadly uphill when I rounded a corner on a country road and coming at me was not a pick-up truck or ageing beater, but a shiny Maserati. Another encounter proved even more troubling, so much that I feel compelled to commit the egregious sin of blogging. We were walking the ...
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September 11, 2009
- I live with a cold blooded killer. I haven’t turned him into the cops because he’s my cat, Tegan. He’s on a roll at the moment. It’s summer and that means young and inexperienced creatures are poking their heads from their protective homes and Tegan is there to bite them off. I spent last week picking up the chewed remains of mice, rats, birds and a lizard. As soon as I’d ...
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August 31, 2009
- When I was little, I wanted to be a vet. I would perform surgery on my stuffed animals with mechanical pencils and make stitching noises with my mouth. I’ve always felt connected to animals, whether it was the sparrow hopping in the grass, the Golden Retriever barking at butterflies, or fuzzy cygnets trailing through the algae of a pond. I could probably try to blame Disney. Animals were often ...
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August 8, 2009
- Those of you that have been following this site for a while now, know that we have a very “active” little Sheltie. Her name is Jenny. I have done numerous posts regarding her many antics. She constantly has hubby and I laughing so hard our sides hurt.However, lately she has added some new antics to her repertoire of her many unusual abilities. Let me explain to you what happened ...
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August 7, 2009
- Pandora Radio, Handel's "Water Music," Suite No. 2 for Orchestra. Work in progress, "Unleashed: The Dogs in My Life," Jim Aschbacher's cover art for inspiration. Somethun' new... "Dogs tell the story, in the Garden of Eden, when God threw out Adam, all the other animals shunned him, except the dog." Dogs are family. There's no borderline between animal and ...
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August 6, 2009
- Yes, The Red Room is at it again - asking us to blog on a specific topic, a challenging topic.I think my passion is pretty obvious: speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves. It has manifested itself in my books, articles, lectures, etc. on making life better for dogs and cats and strengthening the human-animal bond.I had, at one time, been pretty well known in some circles for my ...
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August 5, 2009
- How the hell does she swing from the drapes? Why in doGs name did he roll in dead fish—and then share by rubbing clean against my socks? Does shedding itch? Is that cute innocent look for real, or just an act? I'm passionate about pets. I never stop thinking about them. For more than twenty years, I've puzzled over their actions, behaviors, motivations and care, nearly 24/7. Pets rule.Okay, ...
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