{"id":380,"date":"2010-08-24T11:56:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-24T19:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/onelife\/?p=380"},"modified":"2010-08-24T11:56:14","modified_gmt":"2010-08-24T19:56:14","slug":"omnivorous-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"Omnivorous Creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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He\u2019s back. Our resident Bowen Island bear has returned to our yard to play the Seed Game. Everybody around here is mad for sunflower seeds; squirrels, deer, dogs, bears, humans. And then there\u2019s the vermin, the rats and mice. I don\u2019t know how the Junkos, Towhees, Chickadees and Finches will ever get theirs.<\/p>\n

As previously mentioned, I have a thing for birds, hence the bird feeder. It\u2019s rather an indulgence, though apparently said hobby helps songbirds to survive and it gives me immense pleasure. The deer are the worst. My Staffie SamIAm and I spent 20 minutes chasing off one very persistent doe this morning. She hides behind the trampoline between raids and when she emerges, sets the dogs off barking maniacally until I am forced to run downstairs to shush them. Well, I always say my life is a zoo. Unfortunately for the bear, he is becoming habituated to humans. There is no wilderness on this island; he has nowhere to roam without encountering people and their garbage. And bird feeders. So, I won\u2019t put out any more bird seed until he\u2019s been trapped and removed by the Conservation Officer. At least I hope that\u2019s his fate, and that he doesn\u2019t get shot.<\/p>\n

Sex At Dawn<\/em> by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jeth\u00e1. Just read it. I\u2019ve long maintained that monogamy isn’t natural for human beings, which is the premise of this book. I\u2019ve tried, believe me I\u2019ve tried, and never been very successful. We want to believe in monogamy, are told to believe in monogamy. It seems there is no way to escape the bonds of marriage for it’s the only<\/em> option for people wanting to have a family. Over the years my partner and I have cultivated a large, extended family of friends, god children, nieces and nephews\u2014blood relations or not\u2014sharing our time, guidance and resources, which in and of itself creates bounty. Yeah, I know, lots of people make it work and I’m happy for them but I think we expect too much of marriage, of each other. So much pressure! How can one<\/em> person be expected to make you happy, fulfill you and provide all your needs forever and ever<\/em>? Beyond habouring huge appetites, Homo Sapiens<\/em> are voracious. Omnivorous. Seeds or venison, it all sounds good to me.<\/p>\n

I liked this review by Eric Michael Johnson which just happened to be published in Seed Magazine<\/em><\/a>. \u201cRyan and Jeth\u00e1 argue repressing our sexuality should not be confused with reining in an \u201canimal\u201d nature; rather, it is denying one of the most unique aspects of what it means to be human.\u201d<\/p>\n

And I am only human. I f**k with my mind as much as my body, imagination fully engaged. I nearly abandoned my libido, relieved now that I didn\u2019t, for doing so would have been the same as abandoning my true nature. My human nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

He\u2019s back. Our resident Bowen Island bear has returned to our yard to play the Seed Game. Everybody around here is mad for sunflower seeds; squirrels, deer, dogs, bears, humans. And then there\u2019s the vermin, the rats and mice. I don\u2019t know how the Junkos, Towhees, Chickadees and Finches will ever get theirs. As previously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[45,149,281],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/heatherhaley.com\/hh2\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}