
It’s still Persian New Year, still time to eat food like Khashayar, my husband, explains how to make in today’s podcast.
And it remains time to admire nature, beauty, and kindness. All those are wrapped up in Jurgen’s post (he was also linked to in this other Happiness Between Tails post) about Valentin Grüner, whose friendship with Sirga, a lioness, is as cuddly as what I had with Mooshie, a tabby house cat. (More about Mooshie in this video and here.)
Jurgen’s site also offers an excellent example of the joys of using WordPress’ Google Translate widget. It’s free to use and great for anyone with a WordPress blog.
Within Jurgen’s post you’ll find videos and more about Valentin, who is a wildlife activist. In addition, here’s a video of Kevin Richardson, who also works hard to help wildlife.
Food, nature, friendship — that’s how Persian New Year culminates. To thwart bad luck from sneaking into the year ahead, 13 days after the 1st, we’ll go picnic, play, and take walks.
Much as I love animals, hopefully no lions will surprise us. If one did, I doubt I could stay as calm as Valentin and Kevin!
Would you pet a lion? Have you?
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Molto buoni gli spiedini vegetariani.
Una bella giornata cara amica😘💕
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thank you, Sherezade!
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😁🐶
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My cats have hearts ♥️ of Lions so I guess the answer is yes! 🙌
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ah— wisely said, Pam!
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😂😘
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I really like the Google translate button that you mentioned in your post. I have it on my blog and enjoy being able to go to other blogs written in languages unknown to me so I can absorb the information in English. Google translate isn’t perfect, but it opens up the world. Happy New Year, by the way!
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word for word, I agree — I wish everyone had it!
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We love Khashayar’s recipes!
I have heard about the lion whisperer. Some people just click with certain animals, it is amazing. I would try to keep my distance from lions and tigers, although I adore big cats.
(The Irish have so beautiful sayings for wishing other people good luck!)
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Khashayar says thank you!
it is amazing to see a human with what appears to be an oversized house pet — but I don’t think I could relax enough
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