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Born in Hertfordshire in England, my family Irish, Welsh and English, I currently reside in Edinburgh, in Scotland. I'm drawn to coastal and mountain regions where I like to go to think and draw inspiration from. Ireland is a place that's dear to me, and I try to get back to see family and friends as much as possible.
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22 thoughts on “What’s the Time Mr Wolf?”
Thank you for putting your gifts to use in protection of those who cannot speak for themselves. Will post to our Facebook page today at: http://www.facebook.com/TheAnimalSpirits. Many Blessings! ~Gerean Pflug, The Animal Spirits
My goodness your poem and the footprint absolutely broke my heart. I also have a petition on “please stop killing us” at change.org re the WOLF..I write, I call all our officials no one writes back and the silence is deafening. I send my love to the wolves everyday and beg for mercy for their precious lives, but no one does anything. We are barbaric and so stupid, can we get a wolf app to download to stop the killing? We must let more people know they are being massacred. I feel utterly lost and and deserted by our federal officials re their archaic policies of our beautiful iconic American Wolf. I howl in utter pain with my brother and sister wolf.
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Yes Rebecca, something has to be done before it is too late. Some breeds of wolves are already extinct or close to it sadly. One day they’ll be hunted out of history, out of the wild unless it is stopped now.
I’ll sign your petition and an app is a good idea, one that covers everything Wolf and petitions. You could ask Defenders of Wildlife to do one or the International Wolf Centre?
I have sent Rebecca’s brilliant idea to Earth Justice and the Center for Biological Diversity.
That’s fantastic! Hopefully they’ll reply in a positive way, fingers crossed. and as for plagiarism, it exists everywhere and sometimes can’t be helped. I’ve seen some of mine reworked. As long as you don’t copy word for word anyone’s work then you’ll be fine. Good luck!
It is Wonderful to know like-minded, enlightened humans.
Thank you. I had a lot of response from it and reposts on Howling for Justice. I’ve just read yours and wolf tracking in the Nordic lands is something I have always wanted to do. I may just take the plunge this year?
Your post is brilliant and informative. I felt I was there with you and Lars tracking.
Thanks Darren. Most kind. I’d say it is pricey, by UK, but not by Swedish standards. Lars really knows his stuff and I think just the buzz we got from the fresh tracks made it money well spent. He reckons the guarantee to see the wolves rather than track them is late July-Early September when they are limited in movement due to new pups. His slides shows are outstanding. Hope you can make the party (and if you can sign the petitions to help save Susi, all the better, though I fear we may be too late.
Thank you for publishing this piece and the the runner and wolves…I loved reading it and now hold Susi in my heart. By the way, there is a new movie on wolves at kickstarter called “medicine of the wolf “by Julia Huffman …the trailer is superb…she needs funding by March 15th..please post and get folks to donate. The time is so dire for our beautiful companions on the journey…we have forsaken our brethren and shown no mercy for our wild ecosystem engineers. We fight keystone and fracking and yet the best environmentalists on the planet are our wildlife who everyday go about carbon sequestering and not adding a whit to global warming. We know the enemy and it is US!
Darren Greenidge thank you for this beautiful poem. I hope you make it here and if I can assist somehow dont hesitate to ask. And thank you Tentsmuir for your wonderful blog and your priceless help to try save Susi and the rest of our wolves here. All these texts truly touches my heart like few texts have ever been able to do. Thank you both for your wonderful work for these animals.
Carola, just your words and the fight is enough. Maybe I’ll make it someday. I hope to visit Sweden again this year. Would love to see them in the wild. I’ll share anything you have in the cause to protect them. Just ask.
Thank you so much Darren, these wolves need all the help they can get. Every bit of help is 1 more step towards keeping them alive and try to stop this extinction that is going on. Thank you I really appreciate that. You can find me on WAS FB page, or add me on FB if you use that my friend.
Thank you for sharing this lovely heartfelt poem with us, the Red Wolf Coalition. Did you know that the UK Wolf Conservation Trust is one of the RWC’s strongest supporters? So is the International Wolf Center. Visit us on Facebook and at our web site, http://www.redwolves.com. We so appreciate your support of the rare and critically red wolf, America’s other wolf. There are several articles in the UKWCT’s beautiful magazine Wolf Print about red wolves!!
Thank you Cornelia. The work that all conservation groups do to protect Wolves is incredible and special but with yours even more so as many people do not know about the plight of the Red Wolf. I’ll repost this on my social network sites again to help spread the word once more.
I’ve been to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust and it was a very special day I’ll always remember. I am in awe of the tireless work that is done to protect these magnificent and misunderstood animals.
Keep up the fantastic work and never give in the fight to change people’s attitudes in the wolf. I’ll do all I can in my small way.
All the best to you all.
Darren, your words mean the world to the Red Wolf Coalition. Your stepping up to do your part is just the sort of advocacy that is needed. It is not “small,” not by any stretch of the imagination. What you are doing to reach out to others works. It’s the only thing that does. Thank you from the red wolves!
I hope you don’t mind that I shared some of your words in a post on the Red Wolf Coalition Facebook page.
Bless you all and no problems. Share away. Thank you again
Caliburnus Rises 
Thank you for putting your gifts to use in protection of those who cannot speak for themselves. Will post to our Facebook page today at: http://www.facebook.com/TheAnimalSpirits. Many Blessings! ~Gerean Pflug, The Animal Spirits
Thank you so much. I have many others dedicated to them on here also under wolf poetry and a few on other animals also.
My goodness your poem and the footprint absolutely broke my heart. I also have a petition on “please stop killing us” at change.org re the WOLF..I write, I call all our officials no one writes back and the silence is deafening. I send my love to the wolves everyday and beg for mercy for their precious lives, but no one does anything. We are barbaric and so stupid, can we get a wolf app to download to stop the killing? We must let more people know they are being massacred. I feel utterly lost and and deserted by our federal officials re their archaic policies of our beautiful iconic American Wolf. I howl in utter pain with my brother and sister wolf.
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Yes Rebecca, something has to be done before it is too late. Some breeds of wolves are already extinct or close to it sadly. One day they’ll be hunted out of history, out of the wild unless it is stopped now.
I’ll sign your petition and an app is a good idea, one that covers everything Wolf and petitions. You could ask Defenders of Wildlife to do one or the International Wolf Centre?
I have sent Rebecca’s brilliant idea to Earth Justice and the Center for Biological Diversity.
That’s fantastic! Hopefully they’ll reply in a positive way, fingers crossed. and as for plagiarism, it exists everywhere and sometimes can’t be helped. I’ve seen some of mine reworked. As long as you don’t copy word for word anyone’s work then you’ll be fine. Good luck!
It is Wonderful to know like-minded, enlightened humans.
You have such a gift.
Bless you and thank you so much for that.
I wrote a piece of prose which (to myself) sums up Humankind.
It is not published.
I want to publish, but (as all starving artists) am fearful others may attempt plagiarism.
It has taken me over 10 minutes to post this!
Typing hurts due to an injury.
Keep your words flowing.
Excellent. My wee effort on the subject (not a poem though) http://tentsmuir.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/wilderness-wolves-and-running/
Thank you. I had a lot of response from it and reposts on Howling for Justice. I’ve just read yours and wolf tracking in the Nordic lands is something I have always wanted to do. I may just take the plunge this year?
Your post is brilliant and informative. I felt I was there with you and Lars tracking.
Thanks Darren. Most kind. I’d say it is pricey, by UK, but not by Swedish standards. Lars really knows his stuff and I think just the buzz we got from the fresh tracks made it money well spent. He reckons the guarantee to see the wolves rather than track them is late July-Early September when they are limited in movement due to new pups. His slides shows are outstanding. Hope you can make the party (and if you can sign the petitions to help save Susi, all the better, though I fear we may be too late.
1. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/379/410/714/save-susi-swedens-most-important-wolf/
2. http://www.change.org/petitions/save-the-finnish-russian-female-wolf-susi
Thank you for publishing this piece and the the runner and wolves…I loved reading it and now hold Susi in my heart. By the way, there is a new movie on wolves at kickstarter called “medicine of the wolf “by Julia Huffman …the trailer is superb…she needs funding by March 15th..please post and get folks to donate. The time is so dire for our beautiful companions on the journey…we have forsaken our brethren and shown no mercy for our wild ecosystem engineers. We fight keystone and fracking and yet the best environmentalists on the planet are our wildlife who everyday go about carbon sequestering and not adding a whit to global warming. We know the enemy and it is US!
Darren Greenidge thank you for this beautiful poem. I hope you make it here and if I can assist somehow dont hesitate to ask. And thank you Tentsmuir for your wonderful blog and your priceless help to try save Susi and the rest of our wolves here. All these texts truly touches my heart like few texts have ever been able to do. Thank you both for your wonderful work for these animals.
Carola, just your words and the fight is enough. Maybe I’ll make it someday. I hope to visit Sweden again this year. Would love to see them in the wild. I’ll share anything you have in the cause to protect them. Just ask.
Thank you so much Darren, these wolves need all the help they can get. Every bit of help is 1 more step towards keeping them alive and try to stop this extinction that is going on. Thank you I really appreciate that. You can find me on WAS FB page, or add me on FB if you use that my friend.
Thank you for sharing this lovely heartfelt poem with us, the Red Wolf Coalition. Did you know that the UK Wolf Conservation Trust is one of the RWC’s strongest supporters? So is the International Wolf Center. Visit us on Facebook and at our web site, http://www.redwolves.com. We so appreciate your support of the rare and critically red wolf, America’s other wolf. There are several articles in the UKWCT’s beautiful magazine Wolf Print about red wolves!!
Thank you Cornelia. The work that all conservation groups do to protect Wolves is incredible and special but with yours even more so as many people do not know about the plight of the Red Wolf. I’ll repost this on my social network sites again to help spread the word once more.
I’ve been to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust and it was a very special day I’ll always remember. I am in awe of the tireless work that is done to protect these magnificent and misunderstood animals.
Keep up the fantastic work and never give in the fight to change people’s attitudes in the wolf. I’ll do all I can in my small way.
All the best to you all.
Darren, your words mean the world to the Red Wolf Coalition. Your stepping up to do your part is just the sort of advocacy that is needed. It is not “small,” not by any stretch of the imagination. What you are doing to reach out to others works. It’s the only thing that does. Thank you from the red wolves!
I hope you don’t mind that I shared some of your words in a post on the Red Wolf Coalition Facebook page.
Bless you all and no problems. Share away. Thank you again