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The Alchemy of Love

This scene gave me pause the other day; in the moment I saw Mimi by Peaches’ portrait I knew there was a bond being lovingly observed. I’m finishing the process of setting up my spare-bedroom studio as a clean, bright and organized work space, finally at the point of hanging

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Building Memories

Today’s photo of Mr. Sunshine’s big yawn reminds me of other black and white photos of my cats, and also that even as I enjoy their presence today I am building a memory bank of images of each of them, of all of them, to keep always. One of the

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Animal Sympathy Cards and Pet Loss CD Featured in Post-Gazette

When Karen Litzinger let her community of followers know that she had lost her Tika a few weeks ago, and that she and I were offering a donation in Tika’s name through my Animal Sympathy Cards, Post-Gazette Pet Tales reporter Linda Fuoco decided to share the story of Tika and

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A Memorial to a Loving Dog

Published on March 21, 2011 in books, pet loss

I received the sad news that I’ve lost another member of my animal community. Karen Litzinger, author of Heal Your Heart: Coping with the Loss of a Pet, called to tell me that her sweet Tika ended her journey just yesterday, March 19. Tika was an amazing senior dog who

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Things I Found in the Woods

Temperatures in the mid-60s, bright sunshine, wind, bird song—and all in February! I ran out for a happy two-hour sojourn as far as I could go on the trail and into the woods to see the brilliant swatches of green here and there, the stream rushing along, birds flying crazily

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Healing Hearts for Pet Lovers

Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over, decorations are put away and the pace of our lives is nearly back to normal we’ll often suddenly notice that empty spot in our lives left by a precious animal companion in the past year. The sense of loss

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On Dying and Death, and Remembrance

Published on January 30, 2011 in pet loss

I know I risk losing a lot of readers with a title like that, but this is really not a sad article unless you are working with current loss of your own. I’ve been remembering my Peaches in a very strong way lately, feeling her little spirit walk across my

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The Cavatina

I awoke in the very first light of dawn, that other twilight where the veil thins though not as completely as at evening, to hear the first few notes of “Cavatina”, one of my favorites and a most poignant piece of music. I know it awakened me, literally, to a

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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

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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

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