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Category Archives: Cats
Living with Pigs
On December 11, 2021, a potbellied pig arrived on the sanctuary. Lilah came from a military person who was about to be deployed. I don’t typically adopt animals whose people will be sure to find them a good home, but … Continue reading
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One of My Familiars
Witches have familiars, those cats and owls and ravens and other supernatural beings who help with the magic. Here is one of my familiars at work. She is the daughter of a tabby cat who I’m sure descended from a … Continue reading
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Sheep and Turkey and Cat, Oh My
I looked out the kitchen window this morning to see the three sheep lying in the driveway like little sphinxes, basking in the sun after the heavy rains we had in the night. A wild turkey hen who has been … Continue reading
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Healing Circle
I woke up thinking about Jean Shinoda’s Bolen’s “Gather the Women” circles, with the phenomenon of the millionth circle (a metaphor for critical mass) tipping the world into higher consciousness, like the hundredth monkey tipping the monkeys into a species-wide … Continue reading
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A Healer Is Born
Yesterday I was about to start a distance healing on an elder cat when my cat Lorca arrived and offered herself as a surrogate. She climbed into my lap and stayed there for the entire hour of healing. She let … Continue reading
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Celebrating Books and Animals
Back again. I was at the Tucson Festival of Books on the University of Arizona campus. I had no idea this book fair was so big. 100,000 people attended over last weekend. I was thrilled at this evidence of people … Continue reading
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Andrew Harvey review of What the Animals Taught Me
Many, many thanks to Andrew Harvey for his wonderful review of my latest book, What the Animals Taught Me. Click here for his review. Check out his beautiful website too. Andrew is one of the heroes of our time, utterly … Continue reading
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All Together
I’m sitting in my octagon tower writing room looking out the big window at the vista that stretches all the way to Mount St. Helena, the tallest peak in Napa County. My heart thrills to see the whole sanctuary family … Continue reading