My recent letter to the New York Times Magazine editors: “Thank you so much for your article about seeing bugs for ‘who’ they are. Not inferior to humans or other animals. Just different, each with their own unique skills and sensitivities. “Since I was four, I’ve been connecting with various bugs. Most become still […]
Animal Intelligence
‘My’ Dog is a Workaholic
Sweetgrass, the Workaholic Dachshund, is a grassroots kind of female. Need I say more, except that it’s pretty obvious why she chose her name. She loves digging down to, and beyond, her grass roots. The sweetest thing on earth to do, in her opinion. I could go on and on with silly stuff about my […]
Even Dogs Act Ugly When They Feel They LOOK Ugly
Recently, I did a phone session for a dog and his human companion. He knew he was beautiful by the way people responded to him at first sight. Some dogs, like humans, become stuck-up with feelings of superiority when seeing through our eyes how physically beautiful they are. Not this dog. He was beautiful outside and […]
Power Animal Class Series
Please contact me to register, or, if you do not live near the location of the following 3 classes and would like to host any of them in your state at a later date, or prefer them as a teleseminar or webinar, please call, text, or email me. In Shamanism, power animals are wild. As spirit animals, […]
Reminiscence of a True Sense of Horse Sense
We hiked up a gold grass foothill in the far eastern edge of Milpitas. Not a tree, not even a trace of green on that hill. Just solid gold rolling up to the big clear blue sky. Atop the hill was a herd of paint, alabaster white, and bay horses. One of the whites perked up […]
Cats, Dinosaurs, Humans. Same Path.
We all know that all species – cats included, believe it or not, LOL – are governed by the same laws of nature. But few realize, aside from scientists, that each individual in each animal species is born with a unique purpose to fulfill beyond that of survival and reproduction. The chickens and pigs roasted […]
A Sentimental Swim with a Sea Turtle…
This turtle painting by Artist Susan Clifton takes me back to the time I was straddling the bow of a boat sailing full stream ahead over the Bermuda Triangle. I clung to the rails as I was swept through dimensions of our ancient past. That was the feeling I got from the brilliant gold turtle […]
9 Pet Ways of Surviving the Holidays
1. Breathe deeply like an animal. After all, you are one. Oh yes. You are. 2. Smile. Your pets don’t roll their eyes when dust balls roll into view. So what if your guests by the Yule log sipping vegan eggnog roll theirs? Shrug off their reactions the way a dog shakes off bath water. 3. Feel […]
Coming to Our Senses Re: Animal Intelligence
An old Scientific American article on animal intelligence, is largely about whales and the need for us to come to our senses in how we view animals. Reading it again is for me a soothing validation of what many of us know to be true about animals. And a confirmation of my own ‘sense-abilities’ as a small […]
Who’s the True Alpha Dog Here?
We get stuck in human mindsets. We look at a dog bullying and chasing other dogs. We think, wow, that’s a true alpha dog. We don’t question if that dog is in his true power. We don’t look beneath his bravado to see if he might in fact be scared and putting up a false […]
