Hi, I’m Munchkin. The most important news first: I HAD TO GO TO THE VET AGAIN! I haven’t been eating very much lately, and I’ve been sneezing so hard I break blood vessels inside my nose and sneeze blood — HA HA, you should see…

I’ve just finished reading Barbara J. King’s EVOLVING GOD: A PROVOCATIVE VIEW ON THE ORIGINS OF RELIGION. Like all of King’s work, it’s nuanced and challenging. She leads the reader through studies of modern non-human primates, of modern hunter-gatherer societies, and of archeological sites/relics, weaving…

I have a couple of friends who are soon to move away, several friends who have recently passed away, and a couple of friends who are soon to pass away. It makes me kind of sad, although none of them will ever be completely absent…