An Inner Rabbit
When stories tell the tale of an inanimate toy becoming alive because a living being infuses them with love and hope, we probably don’t...
Tag: Wind in the Willows
Choosing Small Concerns
While I was sitting on the couch in my office this morning, I saw Bella, our miniature Australian Sheperd, walking down the hallway toward...
Companions in the Dark
As a Canadian living in the U.S., my sons automatically inherited Canadian citizenship. But when George W Bush invaded Iraq in 2003 under false...
A Chair by the Side of the Road
The Three Musketeers’ motto–“All for one and one for all”—is more than an expression of loyalty to companions-in-arms. It expresses a fundamental truth of...
Still a Canadian
I’d rather reread “Wind in the Willows” (Kenneth Grahame, 1908) than “Animal Farm”. I especially enjoyed the illustrated children’s version, which I read many...
A Kinder, Gentler “Animal Farm”
Unsettling truths about the human realm can be more palatable when delivered in the form of a parable. In animal stories, such as told...
At Badger’s House.
Ralph Waldo Emerson made the observation, in his essay, “Prudence”, that if you don’t repair your roof on a sunny day, you’ll be running...