I agreed to be the webmaster for UFETA because I believe that it is vitally important for people of faith to understand our place in the natural world. If all Unitarians (and people of other faiths as well) could see how deeply all of life is connected, it would be an important first step in healing our badly damaged planet. I choose the causes I work for with considerable deliberation; I look for organizations that I feel are headed in the right direction, with good prospects for positive change.
When I was a child, we got a kitten. At first her name was Claude, since she "claude" the sofa. But then we discovered she was a female, so we changed her name to Claudia. One summer, we left her with the neighbors while we were on vacation, and she was killed by a car.
After that, we had a boxer named Schroeder. I loved that dog, and I took him everywhere I could. I fed him and walked him every day. Sometimes I would loop his leash on the handlebars of my bike, and take him for a run. I even earned a Boy Scouts merit badge in dog care thanks to him. He lived a long life, but eventually succumbed to a cancerous tumor on his hind leg.
My friend Jane had several cats over the years. Shadow was a black and white male who was part Siamese and all crazy. He used to climb around on top of the pipes near the ceiling of Jane's apartment. After that she got Molly, a curious little female tabby with the letter 'M' on her forehead. Molly eventually succumbed to a stone lodged in her ureter. Her current cat is a very clever female named Gracie.
