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Posts from the ‘Hard Questions’ Category

Lucky: A Chronicle and a Calling

Our dear, first-found cat, Lucky, took his final breath as he lay silently between us in bed on the afternoon of Thursday, February 20.

Lucky was a singular cat who made a cat-lover out of me against all odds.

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Slow death and the felling of trees

A long and wiry man perches high above my head, chainsaw in hand. I know little about him, except that his name is Lee and he and his bride are homesteading half a mile down the road from my coastal home. Read more

Venom without malice: On first meeting a rattlesnake

A reptilian head appears from behind a large rock. Curious to decipher a species quite unlike the now-familiar collared lizard or whiptail, I sharpen my focus. And sharply, the threshold question is settled. This is a snake. Read more