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Sep.06.2012
The Antique Consumer
It’s always winter somewhere. Our glaciers retreat and advance, pushing the earth into grimy ridges, sullen furrows.
She tells me I can’t write about this, like this – it’s just not done – she’s so earnest, leaning forward over the desk.
I’m in this store at the...
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Sep.02.2012
For 43 years my husband and I had cats. Suddenly, we didn’t. Our last two were Sunny and Millard, both big and black. Sunny curled around my head at night. Millard stretched across my lap as I sat at the computer—I like to say he wrote half of Incomplete Passes. The two were not related by blood,...
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Aug.11.2012
The Privilege of Honoring our Dog.
In the last two years I had to put down my 14-year-old beagle Lucy and Tuesday my 16-year-old cat Thomas, who within a matter of two days diminished into a cat I didn't know. His kidneys just went. Needless to say I am numb, broken-hearted and grieving.
I...
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Aug.05.2012
We got another one of those calls the other day. I’m sure the callers have no idea how much they infuriate me. I volunteer at an animal shelter, and it’s my job to check the voice mail. We get a lot of messages like this:
“I need to place my dog/cat as soon as possible. My husband and I recently...
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Aug.01.2012
Abandoned animals can be found in every country in the world. One of the joys of my trip to Italy was discovering groups of people who take care of dogs and cats who have been left to fend for themselves. At the main gate to the ruins of Pompeii, I discovered a sign forI Cani di Pompei...
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Jul.15.2012
Conversations with Mother
You have to enter the forest to meet its characters. The buffalo is about being tamed and untamed. As well as preserving, classifying and displaying. “Can you see the air?”
A peach-infused pink rug, light turquoise brushed up against the walls. Windows...
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Jul.01.2012
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a grey wolf ran up to him. “What is the matter, Tzarevitch Ivan?” asked the wolf. “Why so downhearted?”
“Grey wolf, I have lost my trusted steed.”
“It is I who ate your steed... And now I am sad for you. Tell me, why are you so far from home and...
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Jun.19.2012
A Bear
He smells almost like a real bear, like burning tires and garbage.
The bear is made of paper – he is hollow.
Where the light hits right, you can see inside his head and his mouth.
He appears to have masking or packing tape holding the inside of...
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Jun.09.2012
Here I am with Jupiter, my faithful pup of twelve years. We've just learned he has cancer and this breaks my heart. I hope there will be many more months of him lying at my feet as I write. For it is all he really wants--to be near and, of course, to take long walks. ...
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May.26.2012
The Realms of Animar is an enjoyable read, one that will appeal to teens who are fans of fantasy and science fiction.
Set in a world where people have two forms, one human and one animal, this is the story of Thane, a teenage boy whose life is suddenly turned upside down when his...
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