Sanctuary Life

Jan 282 min read

The Slow Days of Winter

The slow days of winter are seeing their season. Though, this year seems much different from the last according to the still vibrant oak...

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Jan 72 min read

Hope is Always Sweeter than Despair

Our days at the sanctuary have been tolerably full. The cold weather is the source for most of our sufferance. In the darkest hours, the...

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Dec 3, 20234 min read

Ours for a Day, Lucy De Luz

The yelping could be heard across the valley all morning. Clearly not a coyote. Also, clearly not happy or warning yelps. These were the...

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Nov 29, 20232 min read

A Certain Flavor of Gratitude

The season’s changing has not been subtle. There are ice cubes carried by the wind, it cuts through layers. You wouldn’t know this by...

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Nov 12, 20234 min read

10 Mississippis

The glass coke bottle, spun by an overzealous 8-year-old's sticky and dirty little hand, went round and round. It seemed as if it would...

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Nov 3, 20233 min read

Scritches, Please

I met a goat today. He came right up to me and stuck his chin out, a very trusting gesture I thought. I offered my hand for him to sniff,...

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Oct 29, 20232 min read

Rivendell Goes Dark

We are under a weather advisory today for severe winds. The winds started, as torrentuous weather is want to do, in the dark of night,...

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