The male is quiet, very quiet, a stealth travelerHe meanders with his wife and babies, searchingFor food, it must be, … More
Tag: #Animals
The Birds of Kuykendall Hall
There was an inspirational reason behind the design detailThose novel three stories of floor-to-ceiling glassThe grand transparent window walls of … More
Life from Death
I find these bodies often in the yardRaking, I’ll come across a nestAnd lying nearby, a baby, featherlessBrought down by … More
Last Flight
Birds have that gift of flightTheir lives so simple seemingEating and sleepingBusy nest buildersTrue, they have predatorsFrom which we couldn’t … More
A Smile
Where it came from, I had no way of knowing. Perhaps it crawled up from the stream below my house. … More
The Man Who Mourned Twice (Part Two)
On the ride home, Kalo lay limp across his lap, exhausted by the long scare due to the first two … More
The Man Who Mourned Twice (Part One)
When he had to put Kalo to sleep, he cried all the way to the vet. She’d been his sole … More
Sticking Point
“So it’s agreed, then, we should sell the house, right?” she said. “And we’ll then split the money in half.” … More
Just Before Dawn
They came this morning. It was a gray day, the sun hidden by dense clouds. It’s a scene right out of … More
Happy Halloween
I stopped by the downtown post office earlier today to buy stamps. Do you know how often I buy stamps these … More
A Small Moment
The day had gone well, but even optimists may find dark turns around bends up ahead. Jason’s writing session had been … More
All I Need
A tableau of still spaceFloat outside of hoursI pet my dog and my catTherapeutic virtuesThe hushed three of usSoothing purring … More
Do Not Try To Pet Bears
Australia, how would you know this?Barren of bears as AntarcticaAnd all your penguins silent on the subject No bear has ever … More
The Wild Side
I dreamt I was returning to Africa,traveling this time by ship.As we came into port, I could seeall the trees were … More
Cooling
In the shade, he sat enjoying his shave iceunder a banyan tree, the sound of wavesrolling on, the wrinkled ocean … More
Circus
As a child he’d attended the circus once, and once only.His parents, he imagined, must have seen it as a … More
It’s Wednesday, it’s raining, and the dog needs to go out.
Billie – I’ll call her Billie – sings her soft blues now,not a bark or a howl, but a throaty, … More
Quid Pro Quo
The blackbirds are too many nowand fierce today. Even thoughI hurried to hang the laundry on the linebefore the sun … More
A Guppy’s Dream
My pond’s overrun by guppies again, and at perhaps 2000 gallons, it’s not a small one. . . . a … More
Gray Dog (Loving Pets)
The dependance uponwhat a great deal her life lenta small gray dogthere a statue nowstanding over her asheshonoring herafter Greyfriars … More
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