Cedar Writes

Tag: animals

  • All Creatures Great and Small

    All Creatures Great and Small

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    Cedar Sanderson
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    I was blessed, growing up, to be allowed to have pets, and to take part in caring for the varied livestock we had while I was growing up. I got to have, as a horse-mad young girl, not only a pony, but a mustang, and a foal, and one of my riding teachers had been…

  • Night Creatures: Tracks, Spiders, and Bats

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    cedarlili
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    The following was written for a library program where the participants were ranging in age from babies to 4th grade. I wanted to present it here with some pictures I’ve taken over the years. Enjoy, and pass it on to kids you know… Perhaps they will take the time to read some morning stories of…

  • The Wasp Apologia

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    cedarlili
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    In defense of the humble wasp, so hated and feared by most humans, I put forth the following argument: the wasp is better than the mosquito. Every spring our old farmhouse is invaded by gentle brown paper wasps. They hibernate in the walls and roof through the winter, and a few become confused and make…