By Heidi Schloss Listen.Listen to the sounds of barn lifeIn spring.To the neighing and snorting of horsesAs their heads appear From out of their stalls; Curious, as if to say,“What’s going on?” ListenTo the soft padding ofKitten feet on dirtAnd purrs, as she settles down to sleep.To the joyful arrival of the […]
Nature
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Time to spring into SpringMakes you want to dance and singIt puts spring in every stepYou’re full of energy and pep It’s time to turn ahead the clockYou’ll want to buy a lacy frockThings to do—set a goalWeather’s nice, just take a stroll After winter’s long doldrumsWe can’t wait for spring to […]
Below is a German poem I used to love as a teenager, with a professional translation and my own very loose one. ∼ Er ist’s ∼ Frühling läßt sein blaues BandWieder flattern durch die Lüfte;Süße, wohlbekannte DüfteStreifen ahnungsvoll das Land.Veilchen träumen schon,Wollen balde kommen.– Horch, von fern ein leiser Harfenton!Frühling, ja du bist’s!Dich […]
I ran the Charm City Reptile and Amphibian Rescue for 14 years (no longer in operation). Here is a story about one of the rescues, a Burmese python. The call One winter day, I received a call from someone who worked for Baltimore County. It was a cool day, but […]
February, oh FebruaryA month of doom and gloomCertainly in my cold heartFor you there’s little room Your skies are always steely grayGrass so brown and trees so bareGroundhog Phil emerges grumpyAbout his shadow he doesn’t care Twenty-eight days are long enoughTo endure your drearinessAnd hasten the countdownTo Spring’s more cheeriness […]
The job I was working occasionally for a friend of mine who did wildlife relocation. He called me one day and said that he had gotten an emergency call. He was way out in Howard County and I was much closer. The manager of an apartment complex in Baltimore County […]
I ran the Charm City Reptile and Amphibian Rescue for 14 years (no longer in operation). Here is a story about one of the rescues. We had several snakes, as we always do, in the rescue. A young boy scout named Matt called me and told me he wanted to […]
As a child, living in the small town of Cumberland, Maryland, an animal control facility opened in our neighborhood. By zig-zagging our way through overgrown back yards, ducking under barbed wire and climbing over chain link, my friends and I could make it there in a matter of a few […]
I ran the Charm City Reptile and Amphibian Rescue for 14 years (no longer in operation). Here is a story about one of the rescues, a green iguana. The phone rang One Sunday, I received a call from a police officer. My volunteers and I were cleaning cages at my […]