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Category Archives: Critters

For the dogs

This weekend, Eli’s parents went out of town, so we housesat and took care of their dogs. Ever since they got these dogs, it seems as though things in the house have gradually become more…canine. For instance, Eli said when he was over there once, he reached into the fridge and grabbed some yogurt to [...]

A Feathery Funeral

While sitting around at E’s parents’ house, dozing off with a dog in my lap, I was suddenly disrupted from my half-slumber by a loud thud against the wall from outside. Through the window, I saw a plume of tiny feathers cascade outward from the source of the thud. The dog hopped to the window [...]

Bonding through mutual humiliation

Two degrees outside = very cold house = cats in sweaters! Be the first to like. Like Unlike

The Ballad of Buddy and Squirrel

The other day, I was shivering at home alone, desperately trying to start the fire (I am convinced that if my house caught fire, everything BUT the firewood would burn), when I heard an odd cheeping noise coming from the den. Upon investigation I discovered it was a poor little squirrel, even colder than I, [...]