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Manu, the Foster Amazon, is pending adoption! His new family is scheduled to come pick him up on Sunday the 12th. I talked to his new mom, and she asked a million really good questions. She works at home, so he will be out… Continue Reading “Foster Birds”
I mentioned that we had a pretty bad flood at the Refuge a couple of weeks ago. Space has been crazy tight and last night I brought in two more birds: a little lovebird and a – what’s it called? A blue crowned conure?… Continue Reading “At the Refuge – Finding Room”
In doing some online research, I found this website, Book Sale Finder. I really did not need to know that there are six big book sales going on within an hour of my house this weekend. I already buy way. More. Books. Than I… Continue Reading “I Didn’t Need to See This”
September 20 is “Puppy Mill Awareness Day”, so to do my part, following is the text of a flyer that Best Friends Animal Society produced for the occassion: How can I be sure my next puppy isn’t from a puppy mill?Puppy mills sell millions… Continue Reading “Puppy Mill Awareness Day”
I was sorting through books at the Library tonight and found several books of history. The dust covers were covered in the protective plastic like the libraries use. But they weren’t ex-library books. Someone loved these books. Someone took the trouble to buy the… Continue Reading “At the Library – Don’s Books”
Have you all heard of FreeRice.com? It is an online vocabulary game, and for every correct answer, they donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Programme. It appears to be the real deal. The advertisers pay for the donations. My… Continue Reading “Killing Time for a Good Cause”
I walked into the Refuge tonight and knew something was wrong. What the heck was Jasper doing in here? And Peachie? The answer is that the rain from Ike Weekend, that flooded out most of Chicago (and you wouldn’t believe it in NW Indiana),… Continue Reading “At the Refuge – Peter”
The summer that Barbaro, The Kentucky Derby winner, went down, the Arlington Racecourse in suburban Chicago had something like 23 horses break down on the track. So I followed Barbaro’s progress pretty closely, hoping that veterinary medicine was getting better fast enough. Unfortunately, he… Continue Reading “Saving Horses”
Angel the Umbrella Cockatoo is an excellent example of why these are often called “velcro birds”. She wants to be held all the time. I took her out the other night and placed her on the kitchen playstand with a treat. She isn’t a… Continue Reading “At the Refuge – Angel”
When I arrived at the Library, I found a note from our director saying that the laptop was broken. She left me hers so that I could list books on our Amazon site. I wouldn’t leave my laptop with my own grandmother. Actually, when… Continue Reading “At the Library – Technical Difficulties”
The Next Dark Age 