Tag Archives: empathy

A Collision of Love

Posted on December 26, 2015 by nadbugs

One argument in favor of keeping cats indoors is that they kill birds. I think I also remember a counter-argument, when I began writing this blog five years ago, saying they don’t kill that many. Bugs might like to try … Continue reading →

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The Cruelty of Spring

Posted on March 26, 2015 by nadbugs

I wonder if I just might finally get what T.S. Eliot may have meant, when he wrote that April is the cruellest month.  Or let’s say March, given that we here in the Southern USA are about three weeks ahead … Continue reading →

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Domestication: A Good Idea Within Limits

Posted on June 13, 2014 by nadbugs

I came across an interesting idea in David Grimm’s Citizen Canine. I guess Grimm went for cute by titling his book like that [geddit? — Citizen Kane], even though the book’s about dogs and cats and the word is that … 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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Completing The Circuit

Posted on December 16, 2013 by nadbugs

There are times in our lives when we are pushed to the very edge, right up against it. Wouldn’t it be a fine thing to contemplate “out there,” from “in here,” with this degree of equanimity. I know at least … 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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Listening Unto Myself

Posted on December 25, 2011 by nadbugs

Many of you are celebrating the big holiday today.  I hope you’re enjoying yourselves.  We are.  Bugs gave me a really wonderful present this morning.  He’s the softest, kindest cat that I can remember him being, ever. So — it … Continue reading →

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Nonviolence : The Question

Posted on November 16, 2011 by nadbugs

The other day a blogger-friend posted news of one of her cats having been injured in a feline-fight.  I responded there, in one of my annoying amusing edgy-jokey moods, recommending that the injured cat should bone up on his nonviolence … Continue reading →

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Water As Magic

Posted on August 22, 2011 by nadbugs

My thanks go out to you who have followed me into the emotional thicket of all that’s come up, over here, from our trip to Replacement Vet.  I’m grateful to you.  You’re easing my progress through the ugly feelings the … Continue reading →

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Marty Remembered

Posted on July 13, 2011 by nadbugs

Today, around three months after Marty Weiner’s suicide, I write again about him.  I do so for two reasons. First, his suicide continues to pose and enlarge on a big problem:  How to reconcile remembering and honoring Marty’s great contribution, … Continue reading →

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