Cat Chases Bear Up Tree

Perhaps not since the Cowardly Lion has an animal's appearance been so at odds with its attitude.

On June 4 a black bear wandered into a West Milford, New Jersey, back yard, was confronted by a 15-pound (7-kilogram) tabby cat … and fled up a neighbor's tree. Hissing at the base of the tree, Jack the clawless cat kept the bear at bay for about 15 minutes, then ran him up another tree after an attempted escape.

Finally, Jack's owner, Donna Dickey, called the cat inside, and the timorous trespasser disappeared back into the woods.

"He doesn't want anybody in his yard," Dickey said of Jack in an interview with the Newark Star Ledger.

Unlike cats, bears aren't typically territorial, roaming instead over vast areas that would be impossible to patrol for intruders. With a habitat that includes much of North America, black bears are seen fairly often in this region of New Jersey.

Full-grown black bears weigh between 200 and 600 pounds (90 and 270 kilograms) and measure as much as 6 feet (1.8 meters) long. Their diets can include fruits, honey, insects, acorns and animals as big as moose calves—a fact apparently lost on Jack.

'Pen' Strokes of a Strange Bliss

His back pressed against the small yet cosy couch . Just enough to sit two.She sat at one end watching one of those holiday tours they show on 'Travel and Living' . Smiling a while, contemplating a while. He contorted his lithe frame to fit the remainder of the couch.Surprisingly flexible for a guy so slender.He lifted his legs in the air .One feet on the armrest, one across the raised knee , his feet almost reaching the switches .A wiggle of the toe and the lights could go dim ! .He put his head on her lap as she sat .She raised her arm to let him place his head, and put it across the backrest.He saw her smile as she engrossed herself into the sight of clear white sands of the beaches of New Zealand !! . He understood and let loose a mischevious sparkle in his eyes . He gazed at her chin jus a foot away from his lips .Her long eyelashes fluttering with quick blinks . He craned his neck at the television to see what it was that was captivating her so. He immersed himself into the scenery on TV. Soft Azure blue of the ocean.. the breeze on the coconut palms and the green ferns . He wanted to connect to her through the thoughts of a vacation she possibly was thinking . But he missed something.The moment he had turned his glance away from her and onto the TV set,She stole a glance at him.A softness dripping through her eyes . She was aware of his eyes all the while looking at her . She slowly got her hand onto his forehead and pushed his hair back. Ran her finger through his hair gently . They ran in circles .. her fingers . Giving him a strange bliss . He shut his eyes.. She got her other hand onto his chest . She could feel the rippled abs. And then Closer to his face she felt his cheek with the back of her hand , as slow as u would want to feel a crimson rose petal . Right from his ears down to his lips . A soft smile dawned on his face as he drowned in the pleasure of the moment . She bent down and kissed him of the forehead !!!

MALAISE ! Mother Earth..

They had you scorched
They had you hurt
O Earth ,but never would u tell,
such misery , such pain
and the malaise that befell.

Your splendour , your greens,
chopped down all brown ,
you never would complain
A single buzzing heave of the chainsaw
burning splinters orange bright
Oh yes ! you can see the doomsday night!

Bygone the happy days of protection and gratitude
"o mother! o mother! we for thee!" those cries so loud ..
blew away with smoking chimneys of time
and the children lived.... sans compassion
and you cried ..with the burning splinters orange bright!

would the sentinel rise ! a mass .?
the name that be youth
not one not two but countless to make you soothe
and strive would they ? that this monstrous hell..
this malaise, would never again swell !!!

ohh yes !! im back ..

Not with a bang though. And no , no more letters to the blog now on.I guess this relationship is going to go like this.sometimes we talk, sometimes we wont.And i know ,i have to take the initiative. So ..? QUE PASA ? (Oh ! That means 'wassup ' in spanish !).And i picked it up from a great senorita(pronounced 'seneorrita') online !. hmm Pretty hard stuff thrown at me from work side!! Things i have to gulpwith a pinch of salt .Down my gut! One month of horrendous typhoon in my head! It wasnt much about the toughness or the technicality of the work.But was demeaning . Not worth blogging on! Waste of bits and bytes that post on this page!

Anyways... been reading some National Geographics lately !! once again I reiterate "IT EES DA BESST MAGAZINE IN DA UNIVEERSE! " And it took just one flip through to get another clooose pal to get hooked to it ! Im soooooohappy i got another soul hitched !and just in case you happen to be reading this.. (Which by the way, you are .. if u are here).My sincere advice would be to go get yourself a copy of the "National Geographic Magazine"(it has a trademark bright Yellow border)
Hey !! tell me .. have u done any 'good'. Good as in 'constructive good' .Not like u know , giving a rupee to the begger at the crossroads.BTW.. there are hoards of them at this particular junction in Hyderabad! ,and hyderabadis reading this would have already guessed it right! its 'Paradise junction'. Digressions apart,I was talking about 'constructive good'. The kind of thing that makes u swell with compassion and pride!!! yep ... Something's for me down the corner.Something i can extol myself with. Spend my energies on!!
I'll gather more information abt this and enlighten u all people.Its worth it.. All you gotta do is just spread its awareness.

CAIO for now !