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Why horses can teach us so much about love
She trotted over to me and stood quietly, untied, while my fingers disappeared into the long, winter-thick fur. I scrubbed out a few patches of dried mud, breaking it into powder. I massaged her back, her neck, her mane, her ears. Checked her feet for stones and her long, feathered heels for bugs and skin [...]
How cats can enhance home office productivity
My cats contribute a lot to my work efficiency here in my home office. Seriously. Mind you they’re not always so good at the rodent control, as my late mother once raged while cleaning out our shared pantry one summer afternoon and spat out “five f***ing cats in this house and what do I find [...]
A spiritual slap in the face – by a butterfly
I hardly ever go to our local church other than for the usual hatches, matches, and despatches. I have never been religious and usually call myself an agnostic. I probably still do. But two things have happened in my local village church in recent years that have made me think. One was in the summer [...]
A special funeral
A guest post by Sue Goodrum, Civil Celebrant How many of us think about our death? It’s not an easy subject for most of us to consider. If we did though; wouldn’t we want a funeral specially made for our family and friends to say goodbye in a way that we would like them to remember [...]
20 top alternative predictions for life 100 years from now
January always brings the clairvoyants out of the woodwork and this year we owe gratitude for both inspiration and humor to the BBC’s online magazine, with their recent compilation of 20 top predictions for life 100 years from now as sent in by loyal readers. Here they are, in brief, along with my own interpretations [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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