A Trespass of Swine

the Porkopolis blog

Considerations of humanity and hogritude, because an insufficiency of pigs is one of the great faults of all that the gods have made manifest to man.

Sleep and pigs

Sleep and pigs

Life takes hours of time from us each day for words and actions, but we must make our own time for sleep. And we should carefully create and nurture that time. For sleep is not just a palliative to regenerate our body and our brain, it is also pleasant and safe to use.

Bacon, loss and change

Bacon, loss and change

While growth is optional, loss and and change are an inevitable part of life. And bacon, well that is simply a necessity.

Sabbatical – June 2013

Sabbatical – June 2013

Please root around a bit while I am away with some friends on a brief summer sabbatical. See you at the end of the month… Thank you for visiting.

Contemplation of pigs in the rain

Contemplation of pigs in the rain

Currents of thought are a common result of rainy days. Weather walking amongst it or listening to it from a chair or the door of a pig sty, rain inspires recollection and retrospection, contemplation and consideration.

The ecstasy of children with animals

The ecstasy of children with animals

The concentration of a child can be easily and immediately led astray by the lure of animals. Even the most sincere attentions of a loving relative are usurped by the licks and squeals of some piglet or puppy. It is a natural reaction of children to trust any animal on earth more than man.

A random image of a pig, hog, boar or swine from the collection at Porkopolis.