Dolphin-assisted childbirth: Yes, it's a thing now

[Zorra]

92. It's interesting, how our perspectives, our ways of

thinking, and perceiving, sensing, and understanding the world, are so relevant to where we come from. When I was young, I was often repeatedly surprised by the things I didn't know. Now, I have come to some understanding that I probably really don't know anything, and that what I believe is based in my background and experiences, and that these things are incomplete.

So it always amazes me how there can be some people in this same world who know so much.

There was once an old man I knew, many years ago, a neighbor and friend, who shot a coyote in his yard; she was scrawny, and limped, and moved slowly. She had been hanging around his place for several days, he said. He said he figured she very old, as her teeth were very worn down. I thought that this was probably a good possibility, especially since my friend was born and raised on a sheep ranch on the Snake River outside Weiser, Idaho, around the turn of the century, and he had numerous experiences with many coyotes over the course of his lifetime, and I had found through previous experience that his opinions and advice were trustworthy.

My friend had a great deal of respect for the coyote, as do I.

The hen's name was Henrietta, btw. She was a pet, as she had been around for many years, and had stopped laying eggs. We figured maybe she had gotten too old to lay eggs anymore, as such seems to often be the case with older hens. We were sad to see her go, but at the same time, were glad that we wouldn't have to put her down ourselves, and were also glad that old grandmother coyote, who was just as opportunistic as every other creature on this planet, got a good breakfast out of her.

"As for the rest"...well, I suppose you know all about that already, so there's probably no sense in going into it any further.