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My mother sent me to the pharmacy to pick up some Valium for the dog. I will wait until you are done laughing…. So. I hate the way people bark (ha! bark) at those behind the counter, so I would normally step up and… Continue Reading “What I Learned at the Pharmacy”
Why, you ask, is a lone adirondack chair sitting in the middle of the lawn? It is covering this: The other day after work, I hear my mother scream. Which is not unusual. But this was something slightly more panicked than normal and I… Continue Reading “Check Out My Backyard”
I forget where I first read about The Storm Defender, but it is a special cape for dogs with a phobia of storms. Like many dogs, Shadow’s phobia has gotten worse as he ages. When we are home with him during a storm, he… Continue Reading “Storm Defender”
I was just reading somewhere that the traffic at mid-sized airports was way down. No kidding. I took this in Columbus this morning: One airplane over something like six gates. I realize that Columbus is not O’Hare, but this is not normal. Also not… Continue Reading “Back from Columbus”
I got up from writing my paper to go to the bathroom. I came back, and saw this: It’s like high school all over again. With a cat.
7:30 a.m. I head downstairs to feed the birds and give Eloise the Foster Grey her meds. There is a drop of blood on the paper in her cage. I give her the meds, and as I move to pick her up and look… Continue Reading “Ridiculous Sunday.”
My final exam grade was just released. I thought I choked and landed with an 80. And that is before my classmates start arguing with the professor about that one marked wrong when the answer I marked was taken directly from the textbook. At… Continue Reading “Catching Up”
It is not news that parrots require a lot of toys. Some things to destroy, some to make noise, some to dispense treats, some just to figure out. Kiwi the Grey doesn’t destroy things as fast as, say, a cockatoo. But then, she is… Continue Reading “My Bird is So Smart”
The cat is making me crazy. Since it seems he is more senior than Moses, the vet wants to protect the health of his kidneys by putting him on canned food. Or at least kidney-friendly dry food: He thinks not.After his most recent appointment,… Continue Reading “Speaking of Spooky the Cat”
There is so much in the news I have been wanting to write about, then I found this article in USA Today. Apparently the trend among the weird people is to walk their cats. Outside, on leashes, like dogs. The advocates say that cats… Continue Reading “Walking Cats”
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