After Gremlin died, I felt widowed. A few weeks later, a model from eight years ago reached out to me to offer “Drifter”, a little abandoned kitten found by her friend and bottle-fed by Kirsten.

Posted in beast, nature, pet | Tagged cat, Chapa, kitten | 8 Comments

My cat’s self-image.

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Oleg Volk

My psycho furbie Gremlin thinks he’s the top creature of the neighborhood. Occasionally, reality bites him as a reminder of other opinions.

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A new Boxer Uprising?

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Oleg Volk

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A girl and her dog

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Oleg Volk

You’ve seen Natasha and Humphrey kissing before, now more about them. Humphrey is a pretty cool dog. Natasha is pretty cool herself, and incredibly fit…

Posted in beast, interesting people, pet | Tagged dog, woman | 3 Comments

The cats of yesteryear

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Oleg Volk

Two furbies from 2007.

Posted in beast, pet | Tagged catmkitten, orange | 1 Comment

Tender is the kiss

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Oleg Volk

Posted in beast, humor, interesting people, pet | Tagged dog | 10 Comments

Found deer remains on the property adjacent to mine. Not sure if it was hit by a car or taken down by coyotes, more likely the former. The 45mph road is only 10 yards away. No extra holes in the … Continue reading →

Posted in beast, nature | Tagged corpse, death, deer | 1 Comment

A pretty calico kitty

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Oleg Volk

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Tasty sleeve

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Oleg Volk

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A boy and his dog

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Oleg Volk

“Inside every old man is a little boy, wondering what happened…”

Posted in beast, interesting people | Tagged camouflage, dog, pet | 1 Comment

In America, even lizards are into rifles.

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Oleg Volk

Posted in beast, nature, rifle | Tagged 223, bullpup | 1 Comment

Three eyes instead of two.

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Oleg Volk

I am trying to visualize a flying species with three eyes instead of two. My guess is that it would improve altitude perception as well as depth. Does anyone know of research of theoretical functionality of three eyes?

Posted in advice requested, beast, book | Tagged sci-fi | 9 Comments

What’s better?

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Oleg Volk

Imagine a farm animal, like a steer, that only exists because it was bred and raised to be slaughtered for meat and leather. Is it better (by whatever definition of “better” you have) for it to have lived or to … Continue reading →

Posted in beast | Tagged ethics, philosophy | 4 Comments

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