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Last Fling before Hibernation
Sometimes, even in mid-autumn us bears are out and about. This last weekend I got to play with a bunch of really fun people in Shawnee. Oklahoma at the 1st Heartland Renaissance Festival. Those who were there surely could tell that I was happy to have my regular handler back with me. He's the only one who can put up with me rolling around on ( Read more... ) -
Cited for Historic Inaccuracy
Oh no!!! Research first, emblazon second. Color on Color Bad! Gosh. I already paid $400 for the tabard to be made and embroidered and it's here, looking sharp. Grammar and I just started learning the language! I think I can get away with saying Gules a Bear Rampant Proper within a double tressure Or. Wonder how many folks will point this out. ( Read more... ) -
The Language of Blazon
What is a bear doing on the internet? Well, some of you may be aware that I am a performing bear and I have often found it interesting how the period dwellers of the Renaissance much enjoy having me walking among them and they dress fancy, I'm almost always a bare bear but decided to rise to the occasion of both pomp and circumstance ( Read more... ) -
Dry fur!
Most of you have noticed it's a rather rainy time. Having dry fur is nearly impossible. If you wash your fur it seems to stay wet for days with all the humidity and frequent rains. I noticed also that, when I went to eat berries out in the woods, most of them are hiding benieth the leaves and those which are showing are still red, the ripe ( Read more... ) -
Spiritual Journeys
I'm sure lots of you have sacred places you go. Mine is Mnt Scott in Oklahoma, down near Lawton. I took some tobacco ties up there before going to the Ren faire, and while it's one of the harder Ren Faires, it was a spiritual journey. Such Journeys are never easy but they always bring something into your life worth the while. Naturally we saw ( Read more... ) -
Bear seeking a new wrangler
Many of you who have met me, have met Curtis, my friend of 24 years. Many of you may not realize that some years back he had been stabbed in the back seven times and experienced an NDE Because of the nature of the injury he is in constant pain and working with me has been a great distraction for him from the constant reminder of that pain and ( Read more... ) -
Hints of spring in the snow
Some two leggeds think that a bear, when hibernating, stays that way, but, the fact is, it is not unusual to get up and walk around in the snow and look for signs of spring. I saw one, a daffodil that was a bit too anxious and managed to stick it's blades above the snow. The surer sign though, is when you see the locust trees put out their ( Read more... ) -
What Do You Have To Say? - Great Business Idea
Create T-Shirts like the camoflage kinds only make them of street, curb and other sorts of things you'd see along the road, hence Cityflage. The other idea would be to make kids shoes with paw prints, or hoof prints on their sneakers, so they'd leave their favorite animal track behind as they walked around. -
mid-winter bearness
First off, here a few years back I was told directly "Performing Bears do not hibernate" in winter I am quiescent and very home oriented and the reason bears such as myself do not hibernate is "...because they are4 working on their next year stunts" This year that appears to mean working on he woods in which I live. We were struck by a ( Read more... ) -
The canopy of trees
Having a weekend off has gotten so unusual that I am at a loss when I have finished all the tasks that I have to accomplish. Living in the deep woods as I do, I try to be thrifty. No air conditioning, intentionally so, but, on these blanket warm summer afternoons climbing into a tree that has it's canopy at the top level of the surrounding ( Read more... )