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ramblings of a freelance panentheist {"all things are in God, and God is in all things"} . . . musings on Emergent spirituality, powerlifting, LGBTQueer issues, contemplative prayer, mysticism, cats, music, healing, and more. I like my coffee and my existentialism dark-roasted.

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I'm an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), in private practice in Marietta, Georgia. I'm an Episcopagan who is involved in the Emergent Christian conversation. My writings on queer spirituality have been published in Whosoever and several other magazines. I live in a house-in-the-woods (Bear's Hermitage) in Marietta with Leonidas (Lenny) and Guy, Mighty Warrior Cats, and way too many books.


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Thursday, July 26, 2007

Charon (Ferry-Driver Across the Styx) is a Cat


“When Oscar the Cat visits residents of the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, the staff jumps into action – Oscar can sense within hours when someone is about to die.”

The news story, from Reuters:
Nursing home cat can sense death?


From BBC News:
“According to the author of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, the two-year-old cat has been observed to be correct in 25 cases so far. ...The cat is said to do his own rounds, just like the doctors and nurses at the home, but is not generally friendly to patients.”

Thanks to Trev Diesel for the BBC link!

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posted by Darrell Grizzle | 1:33 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger Wulfila said...

Wow, that's one amazing cat! Nowhere nearly as amazing as Kato, of course, but still... :)

6:40 PM, July 26, 2007  
Blogger Jon said...

"That is such a cat thing to do!"

Thanks for sharing!

2:44 AM, August 06, 2007  
Anonymous Ferry said...

Amazing cat

3:15 AM, September 27, 2008  

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