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9:54 pm
Team Tripawds
25 April 2007
OfflineWhen it comes to dogs and the people who love them,words cannot describe how thankful we are for having our furry companions and their humans in our lives. Thank. You. So. Much.
Our friend Eve just sent her incredible Thanksgiving poem to us. Nothing more beautifully expresses the love we all share for the canine species. We hope you enjoy this as much as we do.
"north above tree line
between snow slow thaw
glacier scoured ground
mating season
nips, lips grazing muzzles
bed
far from looking eyes
limbs entwined genitals so
closely clasped the pair
unmoves until swelling ceases
breath quiets in earthen cavity
of home
squirming young a pound more or
less of defenseless flesh
blind, deaf able only to breathe
suck from teats
patient eyed splayed on one side
mother a sweet shelf of warmth and
food her teeth cut cord and sac
noses them to nurse
food spit to hungry mouths
offspring learn
play, fight hunt elders
know skills are sure
young depart walking ley lines
encoded in time"
Author: Eve F.W. Linn
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12:35 pm
Team Tripawds
25 April 2007
OfflineI never forward spam emails. But this one I received today – on Thanksgiving morning – just seemed to ring true for the entire Tripawds Community. So instead of forwarding it on to everyone in my address book, I'm sharing it here with a special note of thanks to all our Tripawds Friends and Supporters.
A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed this warning: "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it."
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The pig sympathized, but said, "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it but pray. Be assured you are in my prayers."
The mouse turned to the cow and said, "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse. I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose."
So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap . . . Alone . . .
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house – the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it. It was a venomous snake whose tail was caught in the trap. The snake bit the farmer's wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital.
When she returned home she still had a fever, and everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup.
So the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient. But his wife's sickness continued. Friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock.
To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. But, alas, the farmer's wife did not get well . . . She died.
So many people came for her funeral that the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide enough meat for all of them for the funeral luncheon.
And the mouse looked upon it all from his crack in the wall with great sadness. So, the next time you hear someone is facing a problem and you think it doesn't concern you, remember . . .
When one of us is threatened, we are all at risk. We are all involved in this journey called life. We must keep an eye out for one another and make an extra effort to encourage one another.
So Remember . . .
EACH OF US IS A VITAL THREAD IN ANOTHER PERSON'S TAPESTRY. OUR LIVES ARE WOVEN TOGETHER FOR A REASON.
One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a FRIEND.
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