Category Archives: Around the House
Cool Cat
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
A World Teeming with Enticements!
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
Balm and Majesty
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
signs
bear scat in the orchard — fall’s approaching
Red Fox Happy
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
Join Me for Tea?
Those sweet surprises from the garden.
Lughnasadh Draws Nigh
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
Yeshi on Waking
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
The Cats News
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
Love Crossing Over
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