January 2005

  • Song to a Coastal Hunter

    Trap a white ermine.  Scatter salt on the snow.  Its tongue will freeze fast.  Use its pelt for your pillow.  Draw a deer to its death to blanket your bed.  Put salt-licks in the forest.  Wait with your bow.  Catch a wild songbird.  Sprinkle salt on its tail.  Cage the bird in your bedroom to… Continue reading

  • We’re more active than we think?

    From WebMD By Jennifer Warner WebMD Medical News Jan. 26, 2005 — People with fibromyalgia  and other chronic pain conditions may be more active than they think they are, according to a new study. "When you ask people with fibromyalgia about their level of function in terms of activity levels, they’ll report a lower function… Continue reading

  • Carnival of the Cats #45

    Welcome to this edition of the fashionable, famous, Carnival of the Cats, a collection of the fluffy, the fantastic, and the fabulous! Continue reading

  • Chocolate Cats; Lucky Cats; Cats Cats Cats

    The Web has been generous to us this week, offering lots of kitties: .flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } hello kitty, originally uploaded by qB.                Edible Kitties   .flickr-photo { border: solid 1px… Continue reading

  • Poems, Poetry, Poetics, Cats

    My regular readers will know that I rarely talk about my poems, or poetics —  I just post the poems and move on. Last night, in my usual waiting- for- sleep place, I began to prepare a post about The Ledge, and my surprise at its reception; I woke this morning to find that an… Continue reading