Florence Parkinson Memorial, “Wild Hope” Book Signing
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At Home Among the Animals – Dec. 7, 2018
“In the fullness of time, the Christmas story says, a girl gave birth ringed by animals. She lay the baby in one of their feeding troughs, where animal bodies would warm the air around his fresh-born human body. Mother and child fell asleep and woke to their chuffs and shuffling hooves, their calls and the […]
The Right Balance – Dec. 6, 2018
“To fuel his life, winter leaves him only seeds. As the cold sharpens, he needs more seeds to fuel his furnace to its 105-degree Fahrenheit survival heat—just when other seed eaters also need more and snow is apt to cover the uneaten seeds… Too little fat, and he will fall. But too much fat, and […]
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 […]
