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Why “crazy cat ladies” are healthier than you may think

Writer Erica Crompton ponders the reasons behind the misogynist “crazy cat lady” trope, and reclaims cat ownership as a positive way to help restore mental equilibrium.

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What the nose doesn’t know

Losing her sense of smell for over a year motivated Stephanie Howard-Smith to sniff out the history of treatments for this unsettling condition.

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A flat-packed forest

The regular ritual of creating seasonally changing mini-forests for her indoor cats brought Abi Palmer a focus for reflection while the cats explored.

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How we bury our children

Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.

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  • A magnolia: flowering stem. Coloured pencil drawing by H. Paw.
  • Three flowers, including a rose. Pencil drawing by M. M. Paw(?).
  • Dog's paw being injected: spembly cryovet
  • Dissected hind paw (lateral or side view), canine
  • Dissected hind paw (medial or side view), canine
  • Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw
  • Grass seed covered in bacteria from infected dog's paw
  • Captain Jack or Grizzly Bear Paw, medicine man of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Captain Jack or Grizzly Bear Paw, medicine man of Kisbyyoks (Kispiox), British Columbia. Pastel by W. Langdon Kihn, 1924.
  • Mole skull and paw showing 6th digit, X-ray
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