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April 29, 2015

Shy Rabbit

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When I was small and something scared me a little — a new person, a new place — it was so comforting to hide behind my mother’s skirt. She was bigger, she would protect me like a mama bear.

I could cling to her leg and just peek out at the new, intriguing thing, that I wanted to interact with… but was just a little too scared to.

The space beyond the edge of this painting is like that for Shy Rabbit. Maybe eventually confidence will rein, but for now Shy Rabbit can hide behind the nothingness and just peek out at the colorful wonders inside the painting.

And don’t we all want something like that sometimes?

April 28, 2015

Encounter

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Wouldn’t it be nice if, when confronted with someone who looked really different from ourselves, we acted with curiosity and kindness? That’s the kind of world I want to live in.

April 27, 2015

Buddies

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When I was about nine, we all piled into the car and drove to a nearby animal shelter, to meet a big, black German Shepherd puppy, Hausen, who had flunked out of guard dog school (he was too sweet) and was now up for adoption.

My orange tabby cat, Chocolate (long story) was none too pleased when we brought this bumbling bear of a dog home. He told Hausen who was boss (upon their first meeting in the hallway, the poor dog did a backwards somersault trying to get away from him), and one of my most vivid childhood memories is a big black streak racing across the back lawn, followed closely by a little orange streak.

Yep, Hausen out-weighed him about ten to one, but Chocolate ruled the joint.

Once the pecking order was established, though, the two became fast friends. Chocolate would curl up to sleep between Hausen’s paws or tucked into his belly. Hausen would groom Chocolate’s head with his little front teeth.

I’m still a sucker for inter-species friendships.

April 24, 2015

Hello

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That feeling when you see someone who seems so sparkly and shiny, so cool and with-it, so who-you-want-to-be-like and who-you-want-to-be-around.

Shy. A little awed. A little intimidated, perhaps.

But you just know they’re one of your kind. So you take a risk and say hello.

April 23, 2015

Summer

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Summer. Makes me think of long evenings playing on the street with the kids on my block growing up. Little red wagons — one of us would sit in the back and push with our feet, while the other steered the unwieldy handle around windy roads drawn with chalk on the asphalt.

We’d race around until after dusk, willing the sun to stay up just a little longer, so our moms wouldn’t call us in to set the table for dinner.

Eventually, though, our stomachs won out, and we’d head inside for tacos or homemade pizza. Then we’d get up and start all over again the next day.

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