Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
Another video from the deep of a southern New Hampshire winter and the raccoons are at it. This is both a good and an ungood thing. Good – there’s food for them. Ungood – they shouldn’t be out in this weather. They should be doing the Raccoon equivalent of hibernating. I mentioned in The Bluebirds … Continue reading “A Different One Sees the Moon”
We are often intrigued by The Wild‘s musical tastes. It is eclectic to say the least. And it would be one thing if musical preferences followed some kind of Old One differentiation, you know? Something like “All raccoons prefer Bach, all Opossum prefer modern jazz, skunk are heavily into acid rock (thank goodness they’re not!), … Continue reading “Oaps Likes Grand Funk”
In the cool of the night… (feel a need to due homage to Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger here) In the cool of the night, the Opossums come to dine. Don’t remember seeing an Opossum during the day. Unless it was deep in the woods, heavily in shadow, and usually peeking out from underneath something. … Continue reading “Oaps Pays Attention to Traffic”
Sometimes The Wild isn’t kind. It’s not so much a matter of kindness as it is…well, it is what it is. We’ve known Hecate for quite a while in raccoon years. This Hecate, anyway. There have been others, long gone and passed into memory. “Hecate” seems to be a favored name among them. Perhaps a … Continue reading “Concern for Hecate”
Recorded in early November 2021, our raccoons prepare for winter. I wanted to write something witty and frivolous at this point. Wasn’t happening. As I type this, it is late May 2022 and so much of our environment has changed. Not just locally but in the world. I watched Ricky Gervais‘ Supernature and Humanity Netflix … Continue reading “Colder and Colder Nights”