Category Archives: Animal Lover

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

Posted on July 30, 2015 by favoritephilosopher

Social media is going insane over the Minnesota dentist/poacher who paid to have the majestic lion “Cecil” lured from the national park in Zimbabwe so that he could end its life.  What words could possibly exist to describe this piece … Continue reading →

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Coyote Mornings

Posted on July 29, 2015 by favoritephilosopher

Ah, finally, the wily, trickster, wise coyote totem has come my way with determination. He is a gorgeous and proud specimen who has been waiting for me just across the street from my house – not just in the park … Continue reading →

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Just the Facts, Ma’am

Posted on January 4, 2015 by favoritephilosopher

The animal control officer was very nice and even gently told me to calm down as I ventured off into “I hope I don’t have to sue them” land.  Just the facts ma’am.  I am writing this mostly to get … Continue reading →

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The First Item on My Christmas Wish List 2014 (as if anybody in my immediate family reads this blog…)

Posted on September 8, 2014 by favoritephilosopher

I gotta get me some night vision goggles.  We live on this canyon, you see.  Last night I was up as usual at midnight and heard something whining outside.  I listened intently – it almost sounded like the cat might … Continue reading →

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Get Back on the Bike

Posted on September 6, 2014 by favoritephilosopher

Remember what it was like the very first time you found your perfect balance point on a two wheeled bike and the sense of freedom that jettisoned away any fear that might have lingered?  No, I mean REALLY remember, in your … Continue reading →

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Rescue Doggies and Their People

Posted on April 24, 2014 by favoritephilosopher

http://blog.petflow.com/im-in-tears-this-mama-pit-bull-was-rescued-alone-and-scared-but-then-a-miracle-happened/?utm_source=fbspblogrescuepitbull&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=fbspblogrescue These are always touching stories, when people rescue dogs and cats.  I can’t watch that animal planet stuff or even those difficult commercials most of the time – I would rescue each and every one of them and it … Continue reading →

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Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Posted on February 15, 2014 by favoritephilosopher

“Let’s All Sing Like the Birdies Sing” – that was the name of a record album my folks gave me as a gift one year.  They were into classy music – Frank Sinatra, Ella, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, … Continue reading →

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Cat Recipes Needed

Posted on July 19, 2013 by favoritephilosopher

This morning as I was getting ready to shower I heard a noise coming out of the master bedroom.   It sounded like someone was trying to get in.  Knowing that was unlikely on the second floor I went to … Continue reading →

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My Coyotes

Posted on March 7, 2013 by favoritephilosopher

You might remember how much sad I was that I would no longer hear coyotes in the middle of the night back in Lafayette.  The first time I ever heard that sound was while camping  in Death Valley back in … Continue reading →

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My Blue Whale

Posted on July 22, 2012 by favoritephilosopher

It was around 1977-78, I was living in the Hudson Valley in New York in a bad relationship.  The man in question was at work one Saturday and I was reading an article in The New Yorker that captured my … Continue reading →

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