A Bobcat in Possession of a Good Fortune
On a snowy afternoon last winter, I was standing at my front window when a large bobcat sauntered around the corner of the house, across the front…
Category: Animals Rock Did You Know about Owls’ Ears? Cats’ Bellies? Caterpillar Hairs?
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in ANYONE’s philosophy, to borrow a phrase from the bard. Don’t believe Hamlet (or me)?…
Hawk daycare
Sometimes your blog is overtaken. By a hawk. In your backyard. This is such a blog. As my younger son Ian and I were talking this afternoon—he…
Magical thinking
I’d never felt more like a fairy queen. My slender craft floated on gentle, aquamarine wavelets under a cerulean sky littered with puffy clouds. To either side…
A Kitten Tale: Sinbad
My kids used to beg for the bedtime story about Sinbad. They knew the real story, of course: our sleek, archetypal black cat had simply appeared, like…
My Top Five Halloween “Treats”
#1: Memories Me, five years old, all witchy-ed up, including a truly impressive grimacing mask, which my mother had worn thirty-some years earlier. “What an ugly witch…
Of lovebirds and loving the Earth
Party of six, your table is ready. Er … your ledge is ready. The setting sun hovers above the Pacific Ocean, burnishing the cluster of lovebirds with…
Pilling the Cat or, ‘When Humans Go Mad’
Me and my human? We’re the best of friends. Even when she irrationally interferes with my desire to lie on her computer keyboard, I purr fondly at…
DO take Aikido to a Dog Fight
Aikido is the martial art of blending harmoniously with the energy of an attacker. By definition, attackers want to collide with your body, using a weapon, a…
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Did You Know about Owls’ Ears? Cats’ Bellies? Caterpillar Hairs?
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in ANYONE’s philosophy, to borrow a phrase from the bard. Don’t believe Hamlet (or me)?…
Hawk daycare
Sometimes your blog is overtaken. By a hawk. In your backyard. This is such a blog. As my younger son Ian and I were talking this afternoon—he…
Magical thinking
I’d never felt more like a fairy queen. My slender craft floated on gentle, aquamarine wavelets under a cerulean sky littered with puffy clouds. To either side…
A Kitten Tale: Sinbad
My kids used to beg for the bedtime story about Sinbad. They knew the real story, of course: our sleek, archetypal black cat had simply appeared, like…
My Top Five Halloween “Treats”
#1: Memories Me, five years old, all witchy-ed up, including a truly impressive grimacing mask, which my mother had worn thirty-some years earlier. “What an ugly witch…
Of lovebirds and loving the Earth
Party of six, your table is ready. Er … your ledge is ready. The setting sun hovers above the Pacific Ocean, burnishing the cluster of lovebirds with…
Pilling the Cat or, ‘When Humans Go Mad’
Me and my human? We’re the best of friends. Even when she irrationally interferes with my desire to lie on her computer keyboard, I purr fondly at…
DO take Aikido to a Dog Fight
Aikido is the martial art of blending harmoniously with the energy of an attacker. By definition, attackers want to collide with your body, using a weapon, a…