Cats

Tame Bear on May 10th, 2018

We put our dear cat Whidbey down last week, after a long drawn out illness. Now I have this tube of ashes and a few tufts of fur to bury later. She was my favorite of all the cats, and has been with us for 17 years. Born in our backyard. Sister to Gretel who […]

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Tame Bear on December 29th, 2016

The cat lays on my hand in my lap and stretches. When I look for my hand, the boundary between cat and hand is dissolved and in its place there is a sweet oneness or unity that binds me to the life of all animals.

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Tame Bear on June 21st, 2015

I spent a few hours yesterday assembling a fun KITTENS VIDEO to go on this “Feral Cats Project“ crowdfunding campaign. Made some final changes to the campaign description, the goal, the layout etc. I’ve done my market testing to be sure I have a few friends that want to contribute. (Hey, we even received an actual donation to […]

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Tame Bear on January 3rd, 2015

I see a little Macallan in you. A certain playfulness and charm, a bemused puzzlement, a need to stretch and shy away, a mix of sugar and salt. This is Macallan I see in you. Where you are orange, I am white. Where you are looking down, I am looking up. When the back door […]

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Tame Bear on September 21st, 2012

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Tame Bear on October 19th, 2011

God looks out upon the world from all the eyes of all the creatures therein. To see as God sees, regard every creature as the body of God. ~Tame Bear Our dear cat Duncan died several months ago, on May 26, 2011. His ashes still sit on the side table in the living room, waiting to be buried, […]

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Tame Bear on December 2nd, 2010

Watch as two talking cats play the Pattycakes game… Yeah, The Bear likes cats. Did you know The Bear likes cats?

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Tame Bear on May 5th, 2010

  Camille 1994-2010   Camille was our first and oldest cat, and she has been a part of our family for 14 years. When Treesh and I first received her, she was probably already about two years old. She had been abandoned, left with a litter of kittens at the back door of Faire Isle […]

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