Tag: animals
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Ushesh. The Recollections of a Megafauna Bear. Part 3: “Eshemu”
My mother’s name was Eshemu. She was a very rare ice bear, her fur adapted to the blue glaciers in our northern country. From a distance, my mother could give the illusion that she was the shadow of a cloud moving over the ice; when standing close to her, her blue gray fur softened the…
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Ushesh. The Recollections of a Megafauna Bear. Part 2: “The Goddess of the Moon”
There is no one, human or animal, who can pretend to divine the true nature of myth and reality during their lifetime upon Earth. The old stories resonate so strongly in our souls and captivate our hearts so completely that we want to believe they are literally true—that the gods and magical creatures really do,…
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Ushesh. The Recollections of a Megafauna Bear. Part 1: “The Aathsha”
My name is Ushesh. In my earthly life I inhabited the far northwest corner of North America, at a time when the glaciers were receding and the first of you humans were entering our world. My snout was shorter and my face flatter and wider than the bears you are now familiar with, and I…
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Blue Blue Heron
I know my presenceCaused you some stressHere in your homeI am but a guestI hope you understood my excitementTo see you againI tried to tread softlySo as not to offendHoping all the whileThat maybe we’re friends********* The first Trump presidency gutted key parts of the century old, bipartisan Migratory Bird Protection Treaty. Joe Biden quickly…
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Albatross Wisdom, Nature Psyche #20
It may seem odd, but I love seabirds, especially albatrosses. They live their entire lives (which can last as long as our own) over the ocean, coming ashore only to the remote islands where they were born to raise their chicks. How amazing is that? Some beautiful photos, and words:
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“If I’d a knowed what a trouble it was to make a book …” Reflections of a first time novelist.
The quote is from Mark Twain, in the voice of Huckleberry Finn. Having spent about three years editing my own manuscript, skimming through probably hundreds of literary agent profiles, and sending out a handful of query letters, I came to feel some of Huck Finn’s frustration. My novel Heartbeat of the Marru is a magical…
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