Harry | October 26, 2010
Today I find myself in the Veggie Patch writing this post. Spending quality time with 2 dogs. Yes, TWO dogs. Abbey’s arrived at Avondale and, while already far less anxious than she was on arrival 4 days ago, she’s still very uncertain of humans, including us gentle Avondalians. Should her new-found pack-mate, Chelsea, not be right [...]
Category: Animals & us |
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Tags: Brightside Farm Sanctuary, Dogs, Hoarders, Puppy mills, Veggie Patch
Harry | October 13, 2010
Apologies to Jonathan Balcombe – I started reading Second Nature yesterday, raced through the first half but, like Pleasurable Kingdom, will probably not finish it. It’s not that I don’t enjoy your books Mr Balcombe (you can rest assured I’ll buy your next one), it’s just that, how do I say this without sounding disrespectful? [...]
Category: Animals & us, Nature |
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Tags: Bats, Cows, Donkeys, Emotions, Goats, Grief, Horses, Peacocks, Pigs, Ravens, Science, Seagulls
Harry | October 3, 2010
Today’s been a beautiful day. There’ve been more tears than there were raindrops that caused the recent almost-flood, but there’s also been calmness and a gentle joy. Plato was as large and courageous and guiding in dying as he was in living, and right now, in the words of a close friend, he has “flights [...]
Category: Animals & us |
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Tags: Chickens, Death, Dogs, Family, Life, Love
Harry | October 2, 2010
This is the sort of post you hope to read, not to write. You want to read it, shed a tear (or a cascade of them) as you feel the sadness, post a comment of support and silently sigh some relief that it’s not you writing it … yet. Today it is my turn to [...]
Category: Animals & us |
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Tags: Death, Dogs, Family