This tale began with a deep personal reversal in my life that led to a whole new direction centered on animals. It has been and continues to be enormous fun. More than that, it has opened up a whole new world of learning.

That learning has caused me to ask if perhaps humanity has not, over time, become quite isolated from the rest of created life. We “have” animals and gardens as though they were objects quite separate from us instead of part of the whole intelligent and conscious design of creation. We walk “on” the earth perceiving through our senses and thinking and evaluating with our brains, seemingly unaware that we are a part of every aspect of our planet. Have we perhaps, over the centuries and without fully realizing it, disengaged ourselves from our innate connection with nature and the wholeness of life that is held in the embrace of the cosmos?

Perhaps our beloved animal companions are in our lives to trigger awareness of such separation, or even to motivate us to reconnect and thereby nourish ourselves by experiencing the wholeness of life. I invite you to join me on a walk through Ganny’s Journal in a …read more