Touching Animal Souls

The tan man is Draco - an old man, and Rocky (Rockstar), the young Jack Russell.  Two of the menagerie at home. The old man is rickety.  The youngster is the instigator, commentator and likes to think he is in charge.  The old man wants to be cuddled but has given up on competing for attention with the younger dogs.  He takes it from us when we offer it, and appreciates every second we give him.  Sounds like wisdom of the aged. Being with the young and the old.  Knowing that life is short.  Excited about young puppy magic.  Worrying about old pains and aches and compassionately encouraging the best life.  Ensuring that young exuberance does not turn into chaos. This is life. Enter human beings with rules on how to get it right and what is definitely wrong.  We loose ourselves in the process and project our insecurities in our judgements and justifications.   If we could just remember the moments when we are just being with the dogs.  Being compassionate and grateful. 

Dear PenguinPromises By now Promises and friends will be arriving in southern Brazil. Some penguins will remain there during the winter whilst others will continue further north as far as Rio de Janeiro. So while our penguins are away enjoying their winter migration, it seems a good time for me to share with you our research results for the breeding season that has just finished. The graphs attached might look complicated to people not familiar with graphs, but I will explain it all step by step so it should be easy to follow. I attach three graphs which show breeding success for each of our three study colonies, Cabo Virgenes (Punta Dungeness) in Argentina, Magdalena Island in Chile and the Falkland Islands. During October, after the penguins have laid their eggs, we begin following the progress of our adopted penguins at each site, and that is when each graph begins. Let me begin by saying that the symbol "%" is the same as the word "percent", and it act

No picture. Just a crazy appreciation that the world is wild and out of control.y. husband staff member held hostage. Gun shot in our neighborhood tonight. Possibility of WiFi at our remote home negligible and do we want it. Listening to a podcast on whether it is more ethical to feed kittens destined for euthanasia because they are homeless or bred rats to pet snakes. Mars has signs of methane and hence life. People starve while humans support fast food outlets that package food in wasteful containers. Passive humans too afraid to stand for anything. Escapism on a screen. Religion and rules all muddled up. Rescued penguins released to get caught in an oil slick after a week in the wild. Bad driver cutting us off on the way home. A lot of judgement and projection and anxiety. Big breath. There is goodness inside us. We all know it. I look forward to a time where we pitch forward in a rediscovered a garden of eden. It is within our reach. It is everywhere. Behind picket fenc