Tag Archive for: cat max
Mutual healing
PoetryHi friends,
Love of animals is a later life gift for me. It's amazing how we can be compassionate healers for one another. Last week I saw a pic in the NY Times of an American woman's "trophy kill" of a beautiful giraffe. She leaned proudly…
Cat Max, ti voglio bene
PoetryHello, friends,
Our dear cat Max, Maxy, Massimo Gatto, died at home after 19 years with us in December 2018. Among other things, he taught us about interspecies care and friendship. Peggy was great with him in so many ways. Here is the poem.…
Mutual Healing With Max
Poetry
Hi friends,Love of animals is a later life gift for me. It's amazing how we can be compassionate healers for one another when we can. Animals seem to know what's best for them, and often for "their humans." The holiday season seems to heighten…
Max on Hardship and Hope
Poetry
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. -- Albert Schweitzer
Hello friends,
I asked Peggy how long I have complained about morning fatigue. Food helps and coffee/tea. She thinks it has to do…
Melatonin Dreams of Aging
Poetry
In dreams, Max swims nearby urging me to drift in the currents of now, letting the future approach at its own rate. I feel at ease floating along, looking upward at a blue sky with white clouds along the river. Here's Max in 2017, making sure…