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Jun.02.2013 shelter Animal shelters, no matter how wholesome their inception, no matter how considerate the staff, no matter how well-funded the facility, are always sad places: barren warehouses of pets that are unwanted, lost, or abandoned. Domestic cats and dogs have been bred to desire human...	Jan.06.2013 A NEW START FOR LILY AND ELLIE We didn’t believe it could happen to us. My relatives and I are animal lovers. We’re the kind of people who stop to watch a dog walking with its owner or a couple of squirrels frolicking on a lawn. But here we were, bringing two pet cats to a shelter. Lily and Ellie in better days Last summer it...
Jan.06.2013 A NEW START FOR LILY AND ELLIE We didn’t believe it could happen to us. My relatives and I are animal lovers. We’re the kind of people who stop to watch a dog walking with its owner or a couple of squirrels frolicking on a lawn. But here we were, bringing two pet cats to a shelter. Lily and Ellie in better days Last summer it...	May.01.2012 American shelter animals walk a thin line of life and death "Please don't do this! Don't kill them- I will take them into our rescue- we have the donations to treat them for their health issues, to spay/neuter them, to vaccinate them, to heartworm and parvo test them....we have the volunteer power and the volunteer foster homes to give this canine family...
Feb.21.2012 Cheers! It's the small things that bestows much joy on me many days. I don't know if it's because the world is too much with me, rich with killing and abuse, greed, and political and economic hypocrisy, but I find and take happiness in little things - like pet adoptions. Friends of the Animal Shelter -...	Oct.17.2011 The Cat's Meow I'm sitting here watching my silly cat while I wait for inspiration to strike. Then I realized that Mr. Tibbles is my inspiration for today's post. I was reading a story about a special dog who was rescued from an animal shelter with a group of eighth graders. There were only four...
Sep.22.2010 Ode to a Silkworm Ode to a Silkworm Small eggs so black and fine Unbend and crawl and dine But not on everything Even if it's green One treat alone will please Leaves! Mulberry leaves! Soft and fine and new But shake off all the dew A connoiseur can drown While chomping through and down We may die anyway If...	May.10.2009 Chicago... Chapbook, Animal Shelter, Poems... Devoting the weekend to pulling together a chapbook of animal poems. Weekend? I started the project in early January. Hoping to make progress this weekend and wrap it up… well, maybe in June or July. I dunno, I’ve seen something like 30 publications, books, chapbooks, etc., into print. It gets...