Category Archives: Empathy

Why Ask?

Posted on August 9, 2016 by nadbugs

Because chances are, we don’t know as much as we think we know – about ourselves and others, about the world at large, and especially about communicating collaboratively with other species. This not-knowing makes Bugs want to holler. Readers of … Continue reading →

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Self, Not-Self

Posted on March 16, 2014 by nadbugs

I just read an article on mindfulness, in which the author points out that there’s nothing so inherently great about “being in the now.”  Instead, we’re asked to understand that the way out from confusion and delusion, to becoming free … Continue reading →

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Soft Power

Posted on April 5, 2013 by nadbugs

I had an incredibly sustaining and supportive dream the other night.  I was being chased by Nazis.  (Yes, I did say sustaining and supportive.)  My cats Bugs and Barney came to my rescue. This was my unconscious shaking its booty, … Continue reading →

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Why Jackson Works For Me

Posted on August 1, 2012 by nadbugs

Jackson Galaxy, host of the Animal Planet show My Cat From Hell, has inspired me from the first day a reader put me onto him. I like Jackson because he advoCats connection.  Relationship with our feline friends.  Empathy.  Exercising one’s … Continue reading →

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Marbles Are Over-Rated

Posted on July 25, 2012 by nadbugs

I like this comment I saw at Confessions Of A Cat Woman:  “Marbles are over-rated.” I like this because I think I’m pretty much losing mine at this juncture. Here’s my story and I’m sticking to it:  It’s so hot, … Continue reading →

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Birds Of A Feather . . .

Posted on July 3, 2012 by nadbugs

. . . flocking together.  In time of need – heck, at all times.  Because need may strike any body, at any time. Need darkened my door recently – and companionship and support descended in a flurry.  Need darkens that … Continue reading →

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Have You No Shame?

Posted on June 6, 2012 by nadbugs

Recently blogger friends Cats & Co. and Here There Be Spiders posted about why they love cats.  Check out what they say, and be moved.  House of Carnivores says she trusts her animals.  “They have my back.  And they are … Continue reading →

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Fog Does Lift

Posted on April 1, 2012 by nadbugs

In the unsettling, unseasonable heat that is this first of April – Where, fully one month too soon, the lettuce is already bolting – Bugsy is having tummy issues again. And I myself have fumbled into the freefloating anxiety that … Continue reading →

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Left-Brain Right-Brain Boogaloo

Posted on March 15, 2012 by nadbugs

Bugs is amazed to hear that humans may actually understand something important after all.  Fang is, like, whatever. (Bean’s grandmother never had any doubts on that score.) Devote eleven minutes to this wonderfully fun and informative video, about what left-brain-right-brain … Continue reading →

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How Much Is Enough II

Posted on March 9, 2012 by nadbugs

The feeling, when you give it your all – — and it’s still — not enough.

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