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Patrick W. O'Bryon
Writer. Traveler. Europhile, especially Italy and France. Hobbies: rescuing animals from abuse, abandonment and mistreatment, and being sous chef around the kitchen to my chef de cuisine wife.
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Corridor of Darkness, A Novel of Nazi Germany (paperback)
Tag Archives: animals
DAVID, GOLIATH AND LEXI THE CAT
Everyone knows the story, right? Shepherd David, the underdog, takes on the well-armored Goliath to settle an endless war, and fells the Philistine giant with a stone from the sling he uses to protect his flock. A story to hearten any young … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal stories
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Tagged animals, birds, cat rescue, cats, Cranes, David and Goliath, Fat Kitty City, Goldfish, Herons, Koi, nature, Pet rescue, Simon's cat, underdog
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CONFESSIONS OF A MONTANA BACK-TO-THE-LANDER: The Bear Facts
All right, ‘fess up. Haven’t you ever wanted to shuck it all and take off for parts unknown, make a grand break from everyday frustrations? So how’s this for a suggestion? Pack up some minimal belongings along with family pets, … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal stories, Memoir, Travel Memoir, Uncategorized
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Tagged animals, Back to the Land, Bear Country, Bears, Black Bears, Composting Toilets, Cross-country skiing, Glacier Park, Going-to-the-Sun Highway, Log Cabin building, Montana, Moose, Morel Mushrooms, Mushroom hunting, nature, Whitefish
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WHAT I’VE LEARNED FROM BIRDBRAINS…a lesson in avian behavior
Summer is coasting to an end and the fledglings are leaving their nests. Go figure. I always thought this happened only in spring. Shows how little I know about avian procreation. And yesterday we witnessed a scene which has been … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal stories
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Tagged animals, avian behavior, bird brains, birds, cats, fledgling, hummingbirds, Mother Nature, nature, nesting, outdoors, robins, wild animals
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MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE: Why Lions Never Sleep
It was generally accepted among the common folk in that often bleak, thousand year stretch between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance (when lions were but a distant memory in Western Europe and very rarely seen) that … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal stories, European Travel
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Tagged animals, cats, Chianti, Dordogne, Europe, European travel, Felines, France, French travel, Italy, lions, Panzano, San Gimignano, Spain, Spanish travel, Spoleto, Tuscany, wild animals
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FINDING A HOME IN YOUR HEART…a plea on behalf of abandoned animals
The microcosm: A neighbor at the head of our cul-de-sac, whose two-acre property fronted a busy country road, obviously thought that letting his cats roam free and breed freely was nature’s way. When he lost the place to foreclosure, I … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal stories, Uncategorized
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Tagged animal guardians, animals, cat rescue, cats, companion animals, domestic animals, feline rescue, feral cats, homeless cats, kittens, neuter, pets, rescue animals, shelter animals, spay
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8 Comments
ONE MORE REASON TO LOVE ANIMALS: ROXIE AND FRIENDS
Those who know me know I’m nuts about animals. Any kind of animal. That’s why you sometimes duck into the nearest alcove if you see me coming with flyer in hand showing some adorable dog, cat, rat, bird, fish—and yes, … Continue reading →
Posted in Animal stories
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Tagged animals, cats, dogs, foster animals, Foster dogs, nature, polecat, rescue organizations, shelter animals, skunk, wild animals
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Patrick W. O'Bryon 