Category Archives: Wild Kingdom
Remembering Tucker
Originally published on Beyond the Margins July 29, 2010. There is a scene in my novel where a dog is put to sleep at a veterinarian’s office. It is a telling moment because the dog’s owner, an emotionally shut-down character, … Continue reading
Trust the process
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-05-at-9 NULL.43 NULL.03-PM NULL.png) I didn’t know if I’d find them alive or dead. The temperature is -5 when I walk down the path behind our house cupping a small tub of meal worms. It had been -16 … Continue reading
When doing good doesn’t feel so great
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Rey-smaller NULL.jpg)(originally posted 10/2017) In the latest litter we fostered there was a clear runt, tiny and watchful, all head and twitchy ears. We should have named her Yoda but the kids dug in on Peanut. She … Continue reading
The Rabbit In The Soccer Net
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Rabbit NULL.jpg) (originally posted 10/2014) The other day my six-year-old ran in the house screaming: “A RABBIT IS STUCK IN THE SOCCER NET!” When I went outside the poor thing was writhing frantic, the webbing wrapped double … Continue reading
Paddling Blind
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/kayak2 NULL.jpg) (originally posted 7/2014) Last week my yoga class decided to meet on the water. “We’ll go visit the swans,” Erin said as she directed three of us into kayaks. She climbed into her own — well, … Continue reading
Stepping up
While I was in Washington DC for the March for our Lives, this happened. Our foster cat had her babies. No matter that I’d spent the past week sleeping on an air mattress in her little room. This was her … Continue reading
There be monsters and other wishlist travel
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Wade1 NULL.jpg)Kids love adventures. Although I didn’t buy red dot gun sights (https://palmettostatearmory NULL.com/sights-optics-scopes/red-dot-sights NULL.html) for them, I support their interests in adventurous sports. Over summer vacation my kids were addicted to RIVER MONSTERS, the extreme fishing adventure … Continue reading
My study companion
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/NicGrayBook-copy NULL.jpg)Born at our house, going to their new families in a month. Already sad to let her go. I hope they appreciate what a literary soul she is.
Fowl haiku
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/CamChickCrop NULL.jpg)My boy palms the chick Heat-lamp sleepy, slow blinks of sunflower seed eyes
Cottage courage
(http://www NULL.nicholebernier NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cottage3 NULL.jpg)Last week, we moved across town to a house on the edge of the woods, up against 13 acres of an abandoned farm. I went walking and found this in the forest not 300 yards from our … Continue reading
