Katherine named our tortoiseshell oranda (that’s a goldfish) Friend-Fish, so his new companion has been dubbed Faux-Fish, as he’s not really “gold”. Othello might have been a better name for him…..
Category: animals
A zoo. I run a zoo.
The following phrases came out of my mouth this morning: “Moss! Off the table!” “Katherine, do not put a marker up the dog’s nose!” pause “In fact, avoid all canine orifices with any object.” “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause “Wikket, move!” pause (repeat intermittently throughout the morning as…
Today’s depressing thought
Lie flat on your back in your kitchen sometime after cleaning it and look up. You will see that: the underside edge of the counter is filthy the muck inside of your range hood defies description a child has stuck macaroni to the underside of your kitchen table there are four spiders in various corners…
Two feet and a heartbeat
Finding extra time in our lives these days is difficult on a good day. What with John’s job, my work (and the extra stress of the upcoming show and Christmas season), Katherine, three dogs, two tanks full of fish and a half an acre of weeds, not to mention family and household stuff, time is…
Run free, Pat
Yesterday morning, Pat Cowan passed away. I knew her only tangentially, as we regularly met her while dog walking at one time and later knew of her work with greyhounds. I knew little of her political life and nothing of her teaching career. I knew her through her dogs. They say you can tell a…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 