Communion Warmth – Dec. 5, 2018
“Now the shorter, darker days have shut off the tap of her reproductive hormones. Missing them is part of the reason her body mass shrinks and easily loses heat. But without those fierce mating and maternal juices, she gentles; she’s willing to welcome neighbors, kin or not, into her nest. Then, when each, alone, is […]
Flexibility is All – Dec. 4, 2018
“A tiny master of risk assessment, he calculates and recalculates all winter long. There’s no formula, no group-think to fall back on. Flexibility is all. Each chipmunk must, for and by himself, consider which of several choices will most likely bring him through the cold dark days to the other side of winter, strong. He […]
