CBS Evening News Steve Hartman Looks At What Difference A Couple Of Tons Makes - Or Doesn't - For Two Old Friends (CBS) When elephants retire, many head for the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn. They arrive one by one, but they tend to live out their lives two-by-two. "Every elephant that comes here searches out someone that she then spends most all of her time with," says sanctuary co-founder Carol Buckley. It's like having a best girlfriend, Buckley says - "Somebody they can … [Read more...]
My Dog Is More Zen Than You
Meet my dog, Kong, he's over there to the right. We go for walks everyday in the woods behind my house, it's our quiet time, a walking meditation of sorts. If you ever pay attention to dogs (well, maybe not all dogs), you'll notice they are quite naturally zen creatures. Take the zen Buddhist principle of non-attachment for instance. Just about every day I take a tennis ball to throw for him. I throw it in the wood line so he can sniff it out, it's his favorite thing to do. He'll find it … [Read more...]
