August 2005
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Got Balls?
A little squirrel humor for the weekend. Also, in the general critter category, we’ve had a new addition to the crows collaborative poem dance. Continue reading
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The Cat’s Whiskers
If you are the cat’s whiskers, you are better than everyone else; or someone who is most highly approved of. Here is the Chinese version: I looked and looked for the origin of this expression, but with no luck. It must just be due to the cat’s obvious superiority in all things. [ADDED: Yay! Sissy… Continue reading
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[Belated] Snapshot 10 August 02005
August, the afternoon of the year, when the civilized retreat to shelter and shade. I wake early, before morning climbs over the mountain. I wake hot, distressed. I run away from my dreams. I wake in dampness, and sleep again. I wake late in the morning. I wake in wet sheets. I dream of volcanos,… Continue reading
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The Rascal Fair
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A Large Life
Like many Americans, I spent September 11, 2001, and several subsequent days, in front of my television. Within hours, I had settled, not on one network, but on one person: Peter Jennings. The depth of his intelligence, and his compassion, was a comfort and an illumination. I feel today that I have lost a friend. Continue reading
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