Umbrage, W.O.O.S.H. & Positive Press for Hermits

If I were an umbrage-taker, I’d probably be inclined to start taking umbrage with the recurrent and often-unwarranted bad rap meted out to us hermits in legend, lore and now online.  (I’ve always wanted to use the word “umbrage” in a sentence.) Taking umbrage with anything feels a bit spiritually unevolved, though, so I usually just chuckle when I run across these continual hermit defamations. [...]

Meditation With Wise Young Cat and Blogging Balance

This wise young cat seems to have peacefully accepted life as an adventurous, enjoyable ride.

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Pets are such a great pleasure. The physical and psychological benefits of pet ownership are well documented. I’ve gone through “petless” periods in my life of necessity, but always cycle back. Nothing like the simple, microcosmic perspective of a soft, furry critter to balance bleak news from the macrocosm.

Blogging Hermit Psychological Note: Yesterday’s somewhat negative post left me with a background creative angst focused on the need to return and balance that negativity with a more positive post.  The tension wasn’t a big deal, but it was noticeable. Perhaps it signals a new milestone in my blogging experiment - my first recognition of an enduring responsibility to this blog.  I apologize if this resultant post is a bit too sugary – I’m having an “Ah-ha” experience.

Thanks to HorsesAss.org’s Lee Rosenberg for posting the roomba kitty video on Thanksgiving night.