Ditto, my brother’s cat, is normally quite shy. She follows my brother around and ignores everyone else. But last week,…
Category: Animals
Compassionate Camels in Kabbalah
After the death of our ancestral mother Sarah, Abraham decides he would like his son Isaac to marry a relative.…
Bees: Torah's Warrior-Farmers
Animal Dvar Torah for Shabbat Bereisheet. Link to it here.
New(t) Inspiration
I’ve been worried about the newt. My feeding strategy has not appealed to him. With a fork, I scoop up…
Dare to Pray
For a few days now, I’ve watched a tiny spider flash across my windshield. No insects live in my car,…
Purpose
Once upon a time, Christopher Marley was afraid of insects. But now he realizes that if you kill them, and…
Beaver Bog
Our Sophia Street neighborhood includes a one-kilometer square area we call “the bog.” If you come looking for it by…