Archive for the ‘Pets’ Category

Ghost Cat

Over the years, several cats decided to be ours for a while before moving on.  When we had one dropping by to be fed, we always bought cat food and fed on a regular schedule.  A couple of our guests let us pet them from time to time.  One was willing to come into

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Noah’s Wife’s Love Creates Pets

Noah’s Wife’s Love Creates Pets By Rabbi Allen Maller and Aviva Maller O’Neil

I bet you’ve heard about Noah’s ark, haven’t you?  But, have you heard about Noah’s wife, Noriah? God did tell Noah to build a giant boat’ and take two of all kinds of animals on it; but the part of the

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Genghis Khan and His Hawk

One morning Genghis Khan, the great king and warrior, rode out into the woods to have a day’s sport. Many of his friends were with him. They rode out gaily, carrying their bows and arrows. Behind them came the servants with the hounds.

It was a merry hunting party. The woods rang with their

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Cat Bathing As A Martial Art

Some people say cats never have to be bathed. They say cats lick themselves clean. They say cats have a special enzyme of some sort in their saliva that works like new, improved Wisk – dislodging the dirt where it hides and whisking it away.

I’ve spent most of my life believing this folklore.

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A Coo for Help?

At 74 and having undergone a clinical operation, my mother finds difficulty in maintaining her balance. She strains in getting up from a reclined position and she walks very slowly. She is most of the time left in the house with my father who has a hearing problem.

When they were all alone one

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A Dog’s Plea

Treat me kindly, my beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me.

Do no break my spirit with a stick, for though I might lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would

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