Like the wildebeest of the Kalahari, the caribou of the Arctic and the lemmings of the Mongolian steppes, I encountered a herd of creatures on my patio that were, to the best I could tell, MIGRATING… Any slug experts out there can tell me what is going on in this video? This happened last night. […]
I knew I had to do this. Over this last week, I haven’t really wanted to do it, but I thought it was going to come. When you’re experiencing grief, there’s this balancing act between not wanting to be reminded of your loss because it is too painful and finding that closure through ceremony and remembrance.
Phil Animal Defenders International have released shocking footage from behind the scenes at the winter quarters of Bobby Roberts Super Circus, which graphically shows violence and confinement of circus animals. ADI secured footage over a three and a half week period from a camera observing activity in a barn where the animals are kept when […]
Yes, I named my cat Barry after Barack Obama. He’s been steadily marking out his territory since he got here (my cat, not Obama), and his big rival has been the brown & black tabby you’ll see in this video. I think this encounter may have established the middle of the parking lot in back […]
I’m writing this blog as a distraction from the paper I want to finish by tomorrow morning. My topic is “Great activities for chemical dependency group therapy”. I’ve done the hardest part, namely determining what ten activities I want to write about, and so I thought I could use a little distraction in the form […]
It seemed like it was going to be just the kind of go-out-and-meet-new-people at sober places event that I’ve been looking for in my neighborhood. I found the listing on the calendar of the Seattle Ukulele Players Association. It showed a “ukulele cricle” on the last Wednesday of every month not too far from my […]
I was on my front patio today, and saw what I thought was something cute, so I went and got my video camera. Turns out, it was anything but cute. Squirrels. Gotta love em. Perky, fluffy, beautiful tails. Mischievious dispositions. They seemingly have ideal lives of play, food and being outside. But… they don’t live […]
