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Comment on It’s Not Just Curiosity – It’s Courage by jeff

jeff — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:44:14 +0000

thanks for sharing about your love and care for the cats, and story behind the names (wink)

Comment on “Solitude is Large” by jeff

jeff — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:40:31 +0000

Wow, what an excellent quote!

Comment on It’s Not Just Curiosity – It’s Courage by Trish

Trish — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:53:49 +0000

Jeff - So you're a classic-car buff, huh? (Wink.) We named Dart first. Unlike his mother, Dart had absolutely no early socialization and was initially terrified of humans. I couldn't leave food outside for them (raccoons, etc.), so whenever I saw the cats on the deck, I would put food out. As soon as I became visible through the window, or as I opened the sliding-glass door, Dart would dart off without hesitation. He was fast - and still is when he perceives any threat. He was so wild, he would have been difficult to socialize had his partially-socialized mother not been available as a model. The name Dodge seemed like a natural complement to Dart. (We are classic-car buffs, too. Double wink.)

Comment on It’s Not Just Curiosity – It’s Courage by jeff

jeff — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:55:28 +0000

two paws up for Dodge — she certainly looks out for her family.

BTW, enjoy the apparent play on names there (Dodge Dart). Is there a story behind the cats’ names?

Comment on It’s Not Just Curiosity – It’s Courage by Cara

Cara — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:17:57 +0000

I’ve always thought that cats are covertly smarter than dogs, subtle yet very intelligent. While dogs are overtly smart, always showing off their “smarts” to get human attention. I love them both, but have found that all animals (if observed closely and personally) will reveal a world we humans never expect.

Comment on Tree Power Down: Timber! by Trish

Trish — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:33:52 +0000

Thanks for your thoughtful comment, Troy. And I agree, much of Avatar’s plot/dialog is laughably thin. For me, the artistry made up for it, though, and I think the simplicity has expanded its audience. James Cameron’s no fool.

Comment on Tree Power Down: Timber! by Changing Places » Blog Archive » Saying Goodbye to a Tree

Changing Places » Blog Archive » Saying Goodbye to a Tree — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:18:37 +0000

[...] big and was threatening to take out the entire yard, so we decided it was time to take it out. The tree-trimmer was glad for the work, the woodworkers are glad for the wood, which they pronounced wonderful and promised to make [...]

Comment on Tree Power Down: Timber! by troy

troy — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:05:48 +0000

Thanks for the tree posts!

I’m probably a closet tree hugger in a way, and appreciate the relationship we share with them throughout our lives. You mention that we never really own any living thing, but I wonder if we might? Consider the word ‘own’ …perhaps it’s only applicable to own something that’s non-living? You can’t own a living tree, but you can own a dead one that’s been sculpted into a chair or example. Owning is our way of claiming possession and you’re absolutely right that in a larger sense nothing is really owned, but perhaps when a state is changed, as from living to dead, it becomes easier for us to claim that possession? When it’s ‘dead’ it’s ours and when it’s still living …well, it’s just not exactly ours yet! This all falls apart when we apply the word ‘own’ to living things though (as in animals, plants, insects etc.) but the word still carries an entitlement with it, as if the living thing were ours and its existence depended on us.

But I suppose the changing states thing is what I’m trying to get at, for if we eventually ‘own’ complete living systems then we do run the risk of destroying these systems …bringing them to extinction. In a larger picture we could justify this; energy is energy and it’s simply recirculated into other matter, but when we do that I feel we get ahead of ourselves and ultimately run the risk of changing what it is WE are. And that’s what I too liked about Avatar, that there was a shared connection and no real possession or ‘ownership’ between living things. A ‘borrowing’ as you nicely state.

Of course the rest of the plot sucked -lol.

Comment on Blogopause with Aside of Cat Blogging by Dave Russell

Dave Russell — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:52:07 +0000

Trish – To say “I understand,” seems so, so trite. Maybe I should just say, “I hear you.”

Comment on Blogopause with Aside of Cat Blogging by Cara

Cara — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:36:31 +0000

I was always a “cat person”…had several at times. They DO have individual personalities, and I had one cat that would literally get sick if I were gone away on a short trip. They are very sensitive creatures, attuned to people’s moods — I had one that would come into my bedroom when I was sick, and wrap itself around my neck in a sign of comfort.

Now I still have 2 cats, but I have had 2 dogs for the past 3 years. It’s like a new world I’m discovering, relating to the dogs, so I’m always excited learning about their nature. Of course they are more “outgoing” but more protective as well. It’s always fascinating to discover an animal’s nature/world.

I didn’t thank you for your kind comments about my losing my mother, so let me say I appreciated your sympathy.

And ditto on your blog post regarding writing an entry when and if you are in the mood. Definitely understand.