Dr. Curtis provided the safe and loving atmosphere that was needed for these stories to be heard, a job which he well suited, especially with his extra long, beautiful, velvety smooth, floppy ears.

Right before I headed out to mentor some workshops at this year’s Spirit of Change annual Harvest Gathering in Ashby, MA, I got an email from a good friend of mine, concerning a potential mountain lion that was exhibiting the classic signs of a big cat about to go bad.

The snow here in New England will soon fly, inspiring my French-Canadian wife to dig out the snowshoes, cross-country skis and ice skates.

The holidays are only weeks away and it’s time to start thinking about shopping. Not! When you consider it’s likely that few people you know actually remotely need anything, why bother?

I’ve shared my living space with companion animals for almost all my life.

It's evident that we are living in interesting times, and I think we're feeling that we understand better every day why that was considered a curse by the ancient Chinese.

Essays written by various authors.

When I was growing up I formed my feelings about the Earth in several ways: 1) childhood experiences in Nature, 2) the cultural bias of my youth 3) somewhat scientific information available through various channels. Luckily Nature won out.

To the Editor, To continue the dialogue about eating “free-range” farm animals, I want to submit some thoughts about whether this is, in fact, humane enough.