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dogs

May 19, 2006

Friday Critter Blogging

Endment has expressed some gentle skepticism about whether these: and these: …are really the same creatures. What can I say? The clothes make the dog. They were called adorable! by a stranger on the riverpath again this morning. Then there’s Spike, who has never been referred to as adorable: Handsome, bullying,… Continue reading

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January 30, 2006

Year of the Dog

So, we all know it’s the Year of the Dog, right? Are we treating our best friends with the deference they feel they deserve? I certainly hope not. Who, me? I’m a Rat. Continue reading

Critters, Current Affairs

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August 5, 2005

Friday Cat Blogging

As is probably obvious from the paucity of posts, I am a bit less well than usual. This means that Spike has more opportunity to insist on attention, as I am not otherwise occupied. And never fear, Boo gets her share. In recent cat news, The Modulator points out that, once again, The New York… Continue reading

Friday Cat Blogging 4

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May 13, 2005

Henry

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Critters

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May 6, 2005

Cats & Dogs

Click image to go to Flickr photo page In my previous creature-blended families, the cats were wary and the dogs affectionate. This family is different, probably because the dogs are Schnauzers, bred for hunting small critters. Boo and Spike both want to be friends,… Continue reading

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Ancestral (Artificial )Intelligence

I do not use AI to write. For me, writing is how I think, and I prefer to do it myself. If/when I post anything here that I suspect or know to be AI generated, I will tell you.

I have changed this from Artificial to Ancestral, after Abi Awomosu @ Substack. This medium was made with human history, human thought. All of it, bright and dark. It is ancestral.

Poems

Please do not assume that I am the speaker/ subject of my poems.

In these times of creative nonfiction and fictionalized memoirs, I think of the poem itself as true fiction: it is most likely not factual, but it must be true.

It is likely to be — it is best if it is — a truth I did not know before I wrote, and may not understand even then.

A poem is my way of discovering (dis-covering) what I feel; sometimes, what I think — but it is not necessarily biographical.

dogs

Friday Critter Blogging

Year of the Dog

Friday Cat Blogging

Henry

Cats & Dogs