Archive for October, 2008
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
As I mentioned earlier, when I first moved to Monkey Valley I did some research to find out about cougars, consulting my handy Mammals of British Columbia. But recently I came across a great pamphlet put out by the BC Ministry of Environment, Land and Parks and the BC Ministry ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
I'm not sure now where the idea of a cattle prod came from. It probably came to me when I was out on a run, dodging Douglas Lake cows and hoping the bull wouldn't charge me. I looked at how big the cattle are, and thought they are actually much ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
Prior to moving to Monkey Valley I had little exposure to guns. My dad taught me and my sister Kim to shoot a rifle one summer at the family cabin on Knouff Lake. It was fun, shooting at cans on a log. Learning to watch for the kick. But since ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2008
When I told people I was moving to Monkey Valley, they inevitably thought I needed a man, a truck, a dog, and a gun. In fact, when I first bought the place, I had the man, Hugh McMillan, and we were getting along pretty good. I bought a pickup truck—a ...
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
When I first moved to Monkey Valley, my biggest fears were attack by cougars, bears, and humans. I've already documented some of the encounters with humans. Pretty innocuous, and nothing like my late-night imaginings of a Charles Manson-like gang bent on my murder.
So it is with cougars. Due to my ...
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
The other night I was wakened from a peaceful sleep by a crinkling sound. It's not the first time this has ever happened, but it's been a while. I replayed the sound in my head, and figured it wasn't a human intruder—the sound was too small. It could be a ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
My Diamond Approach group met in September and we explored the topic of appreciation. Have you ever felt an upwelling in your heart as you think about a person, appreciating him or her, or perhaps appreciating something they've done? Appreciation can cause an open warm feeling in the heart. It can ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
On Thanksgiving Day, which is also the US Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day, I looked out the bathroom window and saw a large white blob on the top of a tree. Was it snow? But no, none of the other trees had white blobs on them.
So I went across ...
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
You might have noticed that when I refer to a book in my blog I usually include a link to the book on Amazon.ca or Amazon.com. An exception to this is when the book is available from Lost Borders Press. I want to support Meredith Little, who operates Lost Borders Press ...
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
What the heck is Mercury retrograde? On this blog I have been talking about the Four Directions model of noticing how humans are part of nature's cycles. Being in rhythm with these cycles can help us flow through our lives more smoothly. It doesn't make sense to plant a seed ...
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