This morning while on the train I was reading from my latest book choice, Beyond Words; What Animals Think and Feel. In a short chapter ‘Holding Back, Letting Go’ on the subject of interspecies communication and understanding, I came across a particularly moving passage. In it, author Carl Safina shares the reflection of zoologist, botanist, … Continue reading What a Whale and an Elephant Taught Me About Loneliness
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On Grief…Briefly
Yesterday, taking pride in the previous day’s accomplishment of finally buying and assembling a much-needed baker’s rack to create storage space absent from my tiny kitchen, I decided to journal about it. I had been procrastinating with the purchase for months, and completion of the task seemed to call for some sort of celebration, and if I … Continue reading On Grief…Briefly