Animal Consciousness

I have loved animals all my life and always known they had consciousness, I never doubted it. Most people have probably seen this by now, but I have just watched it again and it never fails to move me, overwhelm me; it is so profound, so moving, so powerful, if you’ve not seen it, watch...

The Weeping Willow Wept Its Last (but it’s song lives on…..)

The cutters drone on and on into the warm afternoon, a sound that holds a message, for those who will hear it. Something has gone too far, life daring to grow, to move outside of the very small confines it has been allotted. You will have this space and no more. The moment you stretch...

A Recurring Nightmare – Badger Bedlam

  Badger Bedlam Once again the monstrous tragedy that is the badger cull has begun. Once again thugs and morons are given license to kill at will, once again this ‘protected’ species has become the poor victim of a power crazy elite wanting to show their force, their power. By openly admitting they have no...

Don’t Wait For It This Is It

I used to think there would come a time when things would be ‘right’, be better and I could then do......whatever. Till then I had it in my mind, waiting, but this time kept getting yanked away, like a tease, a trap, pulled away again and again. Till the realization suddenly hit me. It’s a...

Monday Mourning – R.I.P Little Ones

The small family of feral cats that were being cared for by the local cat charity have been murdered, by poisoning. I don’t know what to say. I just feel immense, overwhelming sadness and fury that this happened, that someone could do this and will never be made to answer for their crimes. There were...

Drawing Daze

Drawing Daze. I couldn’t survive without drawing, I’d go mad. Even a quick doodle reconnects and salves my spirit. It’s what I do when I’m stressed, angry, happy, whatever the mood, drawing helps me and fills me, soothes me and protects me. It has helped and still helps me endure rough times, messed up times....

What Do Words Mean To You???

What do Words Mean to You??? Words, my life has been held together by words. For as long as I can remember, words have been my refuge, my inspiration, my comfort, my breath. Words are powerful, words are magic, they can take you anywhere, show you anything; but they also have the power to hurt...

A Day Like Any Other

To the backdrop of horror pictures of slaughter,abuses and cruelties everywhere,all over the world,cruelties beyond imagining,horrors to fill the greatest nightmares forever........... I play with Sylvia and taste the pleasure of just time with her,playing,seeing her happy,sharing our moments.I watch the wonderful summer,stormy sky clouds shift and change with each passing moment and try to...

Why Should I Care?

Saturday is World Day For Animals In Laboratories.People coming together all over the world to raise their voices and spirits in condemning this atrocity and to let all the animals know,we have not forgotten you and we will never stop fighting to end this crime against you;and to remember all those already lost,who never had...

What Makes Today A Good Day?

1.I have finally submitted some short pieces of writing to a writing magazine,something I've wanted to do for so long I've conquered my fear and now I want to do some more. 2.Sylvia, my lovely stray rescued cat,has jumped up and settled,purring,on my knee of her own volition.She is getting braver and more trusting in...