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  • I bind myself today to the Holy Powers: Their hands to guide me, Their wisdom to teach me, Their ears to hear me, Their words to give me speech, my heart always to love Them. —Galina Krasskova
  • "Not to hurt our humble brethren in fur, feather or fin, is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission: to be of service to them whenever they require it.” ~Francis of Assisi
  • Tikkun Olam (roughly translated, I understand, as Heal the World)
    “It is not incumbent upon you to complete the work, but neither are you at liberty to desist from it.” –Rabbi Tarfon.
  • "And the Bastard grant us, in our direst need, the smallest gifts: the nail of the horseshoe, the pin of the axle, the feather at the pivot point, the pebble at the mountain's peak, the kiss in despair, the one right word. In darkness, understanding." -- Paladin of Souls by Lois McMaster Bujold
  • "There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious-makes you so sick at heart-that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!" - Mario Savio
  • "They tell us that we live in a great free republic; that our institutions are democratic; that we are a free and self-governing people. That is too much, even for a joke. ... Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder... And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles." —Eugene Victor Debs
  • i do it for the joy it brings / because i am a joyful girl / because the world owes me nothing / and we owe each other the world / i do it because it's the least i can do / i do it because i learned it from you / i do it just because i want to / because I want to —"Joyful Girl", Ani DiFranco
  • "Nothing living should ever be treated with contempt. Whatever it is that lives, a man, a tree, or a bird, should be touched gently, because the time is short. Civilization is another word for respect for life." - Elizabeth Goudge, author of The Joy of the Snow

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  • Hail to the Day / Hail to Day’s Sons / Hail to the Night and her Daughters / With loving eyes look upon us here / And bring victory to those who have gathered / Hail to the gods / Hail to the goddesses / Hail to the mighty, fecund Earth / Eloquence and native wit bestow on us / And healing hands while we live

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Thursday, 06 December 2007

Bet You Don't Have One of These . . .

ChickeneatingcatfoodThis is the chicken that roosts in the evergreen in the side yard . . . every evening about four o'clock she comes up on the porch, has a few nibbles of cat food, a little water, meanders around the yard for a bit, and flies up into the tree for the night. None of the others that escape periodically ever come around here; apparently it's HER territory.

The world is full of things both strange and wondrous . . .

Posted at 08:42 AM in chickens |

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Linda Hay

Could you please tell me the source for the quotation "take joy"? I remember the phrase from Tasha Tudor's book which I gave my mother many years ago, but I'm having a heck of a time searching for it on the net ... and your site (I love it) came up.
The site is really an inspiration ... we seem to read the same books, like the same sort of projects, share political views, etc. etc. Thank you SOOO much Linda

Posted by: Linda Hay | Thursday, 06 December 2007 at 10:41 AM

Kai Naconi

I WANT A CHICKEN, TOOOOOOO! LOL! That's so cute! And I AM getting senile for SURE. I hurried to your blog, THINKING it was FRIDAY, and expecting kitty-people. Sheesh, Kai! Get your days straight! Oh, well! That just means I have Kitty Day to anticipate TOMORROW! Besides, I got a CHICKEN today! That was good, TOO!

Posted by: Kai Naconi | Thursday, 06 December 2007 at 11:02 AM

Katiek

LOL No I don't! :-)

Posted by: Katiek | Saturday, 08 December 2007 at 08:10 AM

Krystal

That is hilarious!

Krystal

Posted by: Krystal | Sunday, 09 December 2007 at 01:34 PM

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