Category Archives: Around the House

Cool Cat

Posted on February 17, 2022 by ktrammel

The cold is new after days of heat and the cat’s fur stands up a razor ridge along his back he makes his legs stiff and straight: he crab-walks left he crab-walks right he digs at nothing in the grass … Continue reading →

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A World Teeming with Enticements!

Posted on February 11, 2022 by ktrammel

When Robbie’s out in the woods, the garden, or the orchards, he finds himself dancing through a world surging with sounds and scents.  With hearing that reaches below the ground and high into windy branches, and sensing hidden fragrances in … Continue reading →

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Happy Prints, by Robbie

Posted on December 28, 2021 by ktrammel
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Robbie’s Day

Posted on November 4, 2021 by ktrammel
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Balm and Majesty

Posted on August 25, 2017 by ktrammel

There was nearby, along a stream, the hacked trunk of a young tree.  The rest of it lay where it was cast, in the ditch below.  Knowing the neighborhood and those who frequented the path on which this tree once … Continue reading →

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Snow on the Dogwood March 2017

Posted on April 13, 2017 by ktrammel

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Written Under Cedars

Posted on November 13, 2016 by ktrammel
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signs

Posted on September 1, 2016 by ktrammel

bear scat in the orchard — fall’s approaching

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Red Fox Happy

Posted on July 17, 2016 by ktrammel

There’s a beautiful red fox around here lately, which I’ve not yet had the pleasure of seeing, but which my wife recently saw.  He, or she, was dashing across the far end of the front lawn, happy and energized.  Apparently, … Continue reading →

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Join Me for Tea?

Posted on July 10, 2016 by ktrammel

Those sweet surprises from the garden. 

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Gus Experiments with Autumn Camo

Posted on October 5, 2015 by ktrammel
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Lughnasadh Draws Nigh

Posted on July 30, 2012 by ktrammel

I’ve noticed lately the influences of the approaching cross-quarter “season” of Lughnasadh.   The sun has fallen lower in the sky (it’s down to a declination of around 18 degrees now, 5 degrees lower than at summer solstice); the air is … Continue reading →

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Yeshi on Waking

Posted on January 10, 2012 by ktrammel

Wow! I dreamt I was a cat! How fascinating, how lovely. The warmth of fire, of the human hand, the taste of sweet food, precious. He and she that were my keepers, how wonderful to see them, to sense their … Continue reading →

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The Cats News

Posted on July 20, 2011 by ktrammel

I was awakened this morning, as most mornings, by our cat Yeshi as he trod back and forth across my desk and my “night-stand” (my night-stand is actually a TV tray full of supplements, a glass of water, some books, … Continue reading →

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Love Crossing Over

Posted on July 8, 2011 by ktrammel

One of our sweet little feline children has been gone for quite some days now, much longer than ever before.  He remains undiscovered though I’ve walked the property and called for him on several nights repeatedly.  It stabs at the … Continue reading →

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