The Creative Cat: art~photography~writing~poetry 

Facebook Twitter Gplus Pinterest LinkedIn YouTube E-mail RSS
Home Archive for category "pets visiting after death"

The Butterfly and the Forget-me-nots and the Healing of the Earth

Last year at this time in April I took a typical walk across my backyard to the compost bin, carrying my camera, of course. The forget-me-nots were a happening place afternoon, in their fullest bloom, flower stems waving with the weight of various bees and other insects. And butterflies were

Read More…

352 total views, no views today

 
11 Comments  comments 

Little Visits

This is the third and final article in the series of articles about my cats visiting me in a spiritual sense, a collective of individual instances through the years. Working in my office/studio one evening, I heard the door of my refrigerator open—you know how you recognize these everyday noises—and

Read More…

55 total views, no views today

 
8 Comments  comments 

The Balloon

Second in a series of stories about visitations for the Halloween season. One night in early April, 1988, still with patches of snow on the frozen earth, a very small, very pregnant cat politely but confidently asked me if she could come into my home to give birth to her

Read More…

51 total views, no views today

 
2 Comments  comments 

Taking Sally Home

For the days prior to the Feast of All Hallowed, Samhain, the Day of the Dead and other celebrations of the dimming of the veil between this world and the next, I am sharing a few stories of visitations, the mysterious returns of my cats after they’d transitioned. None are

Read More…

98 total views, no views today

 
14 Comments  comments 

The Butterfly

The forget-me-nots were a happening place this afternoon, flower stems waving with the weight of various bees and other insects. And butterflies were out in force in the garden this afternoon. But this Red Admiral was special. Why else would a black and orange and cream butterfly be fluttering among

Read More…

80 total views, no views today

 
9 Comments  comments 

Little Visits

This is the third and final article in the series of articles about my cats visiting me in a spiritual sense, a collective of individual instances through the years. Working in my office/studio one evening, I heard the door of my refrigerator open—you know how you recognize these everyday noises—and

Read More…

43 total views, no views today

 
9 Comments  comments 

Taking Sally Home

Second in a series of stories about visitations for the Halloween season. So many visitations happen around the loss of an animal companion that it’s difficult not to dwell on the loss itself—but that misses the point of the visit. They’ve returned to tell you not to dwell on their

Read More…

49 total views, no views today

 
7 Comments  comments 

The Balloon

For the days prior to the Feast of All Hallowed, Samhain, the Day of the Dead and other celebrations of the dimming of the veil between this world and the next, I am sharing a few stories of visitations, the mysterious returns of my cats after they’d transitioned. None are

Read More…

45 total views, no views today

 
5 Comments  comments 

Little Visits

This is the third and final article in the series of articles about my cats visiting me in a spiritual sense, a collective of individual instances through the years. Working in my office/studio one evening, I heard the door of my refrigerator open—you know how you recognize these everyday noises—and

Read More…

27 total views, no views today

 
7 Comments  comments 

Taking Sally Home

Second in a series of stories about visitations for the Halloween season. So many visitations happen around the loss of an animal companion that it’s difficult not to dwell on the loss itself—but that misses the point of the visit. They’ve returned to tell you not to dwell on their

Read More…

46 total views, no views today

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...
 
6 Comments  comments 
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox

Join other followers