Raised By Wolves

Dogs. Dawgs. Other critters. Life as Oliver Wendell Douglas. Live heirlooms, both flora and fauna. Self-sufficiency. Suffering not a fool to live. Land stewardship. Turnip trucks, and those who have not fallen therefrom. Training things. Growing things. Search and rescue. What is this bug and what is it doing under my desk light? Embracing the reality that Nature Bats Last.

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

"Lack of Any Useful Purpose"

The use of rubber hands and creepy dead-eyed dolls and other witchdoctory in the process of "temperament testing" dogs in pounds a...

Welcome, Roseannadannas

Twenty-one hours of stage I labor, four hours of delivery. Three girls, four boys. Sable boy is a genuine runt who won't take no for an...

Monday, July 25, 2011

Macro Monday: Dog Eat Dog World

As I was showering this morning, I noticed two of the delicate, elegant spiders who typically occupy the corners and edges of the bathroom c...

Friday, July 22, 2011

Photo Phriday: Commensal

She hops up onto the back deck -- three steps up -- nearly every night, and stations herself by the glass door. There she picks off the bugs...

Monday, July 18, 2011

Not Your Stick

Ernie about to be introduced to a hitherto obscure Law of Nature Cole has taken on our latest foster, young Ernie, as an interesting project...

Coming Soon

Bear with us. It's hot out, there are many projects to complete, and quite a few things, including posts, are gestating on their own sc...

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

I ... don't understand the difference

What Michael Vick and his apologists, including Nike and Subway, don't get. Putting on a nice sweater is not the same thing as being ni...

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