Murphy is dying. Can’t stop it, might be able to slow it down a bit, as long as she’s comfortable. Not sure. All I’m really sure about is that she’s dying. And that many people, including well-meaning friends, are idiots. I’m sure most idiots don’t mean to be, well, idiots. But here’s a painful situation […]
My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary, Entry 2
So dogs with splenic tumors can abruptly die, or abruptly go into just about dying. Meaning in Murphy’s case, the tumor could rupture and she’ll bleed out. The words ‘bleed out’ and ‘my beloved dog’ just don’t make sense together. They really should never make sense together. Apparently that doesn’t matter. Besides that, what the […]
My Dog Is Dying: The Real Life Crappy Choice Diary, Entry 1
The lure of immortality dances through our lives, weaving delicate patterns that tease us with the possibility. To live forever. And then, of course, we don’t. Honestly, I never expected to live forever. You’re born, crap happens, fun happens, you die. Nope, I never expected to live forever, and I didn’t, either: last February I […]
Love and Choice at the Crossroads
Every January people think about New Year’s resolutions. I never did get that, maybe because I think of life as a choice, and I’m glad I get them. Or I used to be. My work as an intuitive, as one being on the planet, is about choice. How can we grow as a society by […]
Are Humans Too Stupid to Live?
La Nina is sticking around. But are people? And should we? On January 5, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center (part of NOAA, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration) said that La Nina will last into spring way up here, in the northern hemisphere. That means they are thinking the crippling drought in the U.S. southwest and in […]
Walking the Birthday Walk with Dogs
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 […]
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 […]