When you live the human-animal bond, you celebrate birthdays with your multi-species family. Even when the birthday in question is yours and you’re getting older (it happens yearly). Okay, we were celebrating my birthday this time. But it’s in the dead of winter, after Christmas, before spring. In Seattle. Pretty much the weather sucks. Does […]
Archives for December 2011
Solstice Sleeping: Dogs Softly Breathing of Home
I awaken in the night and hear it. Silence. I wait for more. It comes. I smile. I hear the dogs breathing softly in the night. Now, in the longest, darkest time of the year, I awaken in the still, silent night and hear only my dogs’ relaxed breathing. I smile. It’s comforting. Peaceful. My […]
Animal Communication: On Being Frankly at Home with Animals
Living with anyone, especially yourself, can be irritating. You have grand illusions about being saintly, or at least perfect, but reality doesn’t seem to work like that. So you need a sense of humor, especially if you’re living with me. I’m lucky that my two Cavaliers, Murphy and Alki, and Grace the Cat know how […]
When a Ghost Isn’t a Ghost: Meeting Time Travelers, Part 2
In Part 1 of this two-part series, we learned about a haunted house in California, and talked through the situation with a client. In Part 2, what happened when we sat down to clear the house. Clearing the House To summarize, Jody had lived in her little house twice. This time she’d been bothered by […]
When a Ghost Isn’t a Ghost: Meeting Time Travelers, Part 1
Copyright (c) 2011 by Danny L. McMillin Ghosts aren’t always ghosts. Sometimes they are time travelers. Or we are because we’re talking with them. Or something. Let me explain. What I don’t know about ghosts could fill volumes. What other people think they know about ghosts could fill even more. So here’s what I […]
How A Simple Thanks Will Pop Your Business
I just bought dishes from Crate & Barrel. It’s not the first time I’ve purchased from them. It sure has heck won’t be the last. I like the value of their products. You can buy inexpensive home products or go nuts for their higher end stuff. I love their Classic Century Dinnerware, designed by a […]
Tech Wizardry: At Last My Genes Don’t Matter
From my dad I inherited the ability to not understand mechanical things, so I can’t figure out how to get machines—and tools—to work. From my mom I inherited the talent to sew a button on a shirt while sewing the shirt to my pants. Mystification. Clumsiness. And left handed to boot! Then I got an […]