Tag: spirituality

• 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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  October 8, 2025

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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,…

  callimulligan

  October 2, 2025

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• Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright

  The Halloween I remember bestMay well have been my firstFive years oldA newcomer to a new townFlat red boxes on a store shelfMasks visible beneath cellophane lidsPre-fab costumes for little kidsWitches and goblins held little magic for meBut animals didI chose the tiger costumeCheap plastic mask pressing hard against my facePinching, making me sweatI happily…

  callimulligan

  October 30, 2024

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