photo taken June 2007
It’s a re-fun (typo, but worth keeping) today! I am up to my eyeballs in boxes and books – they are here! They are gorgeous! I am shipping them out to each of you who ordered just as quickly as I can! It is all I live and breathe until the job is done, hence the re-run. Enjoy this blast from the past while I blast through the (literal) tons of books filling my office.
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Charlie’s favorite thing in the world is having his belly rubbed, and he’ll walk over to me and just kind of tip sideways into me to show me his belly and that it needs to be scratched. If that doesn’t work, he’ll wrap his paws around my hand and drag it under his body. Subtle.
I’m lying on the floor writing this, and Charlie’s curled up at my shoulder with his warm furry head resting on my neck. I am so in love. He is the perfect blend of feisty and adoring – I know when he wakes up he’ll want to gnaw on my sleeve or the end of my pencil, but I’ll give him a piece of kindling and he’ll chew on that for a while.
I have no expectations regarding how long he will be with me. It totally depends on Charlie, and what his needs and desires prove to be. I’ve been telling myself since day one that it is unlikely he will stay with me – if it is best for him to be wild and free, I would never ‘keep him for myself,’ and there are places where I could safely set him loose.
Coyotes are incredibly intelligent and it’s apparent already that Charlie possesses an ancient instinct and intellegence that will allow him to survive well in the wild, if that’s what his destiny is. Though maybe he’ll become permanent family. I feel I will know what his needs and capabilities are from simply being with him.
