Nature’s Last Party of the Year

Sept. 22, 2014 Astronomical Autumn officially begins tonight.  Simply put, fall has arrived! The weather here has turned delightfully brisk overnight.  The sun is shining down without a cloud in the sky, and the air is crisp; carrying scents of the season in the breeze.  The animals in our home are feeling frisky and full …

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Tortoises Teaching Us Through Touch-Screen Technology!

The old assumption that animals acted exclusively by instinct, while man had a monopoly of reason, is, we think, maintained by few people nowadays who have any knowledge at all about animals.  We can only wonder that so absurd a theory could have been held for so long a time as it was, when on …

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FIRESTARTERS!

According to the National Fire Protection Association, nearly 1,000 house fires are accidentally started by pets each year.  Yes, you read that correctly; a thousand house fires are linked to companion animals in our homes. When I learned this startling stat I immediately thought of Stephen King's FireStarter, then I began to laugh as the …

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