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- Explaining the Winter Olympics
- A Social Movement – The Walk for Peace
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- Reviving Dad’s Birdhouses: A Touch of Love in Winter
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Category Archives: Creatures
Meet Shadow: The Majestic Black Cat Ruler
Every household has its ruler. Ours just happens to have four legs, a tail, and a moral code based entirely on the availability of canned food. His name is Shadow, and he is a black cat of such majestic arrogance that even the … Continue reading
Posted in Creatures, Humor
Tagged ai, animals, artificial-intelligence, cats, Fiction, Pets, Writing
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Reviving Dad’s Birdhouses: A Touch of Love in Winter
You can mass produce bird houses that look better. However, you can’t mass produce the love daddy put in each of his creations. Continue reading
Posted in Crafts/Hobbies, Creatures, Family, Humor
Tagged Birdhouses, birding, birds, crafts, hobbies, Nature, wildlife, Yard decor
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The Life of a Cat: Setting the Record Straight
MEMO: To Whom It May Concern FROM: Shadow, The Cat SUBJECT: The Life of a Cat It has come to my attention that I am being called several malicious names and subjected to false accusations. I hope to set the … Continue reading
Adopting a Wildcat: Two Weeks from Hell
I wanted a cat and I got one. I named him Shadow but should have named him Satan. He is a holy terror, a wildcat, part panther, I think. “He will settle down,” everyone says. It has been two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Creatures, Rants
Tagged animals, cat, cats, dogs, Pet adoption, Pet behavior problems, Pets
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The Journey of Adopting a Cat
I said I was getting out of the cat business when my former cats both died in the same year. Cats scratch up the furniture. They shed on everything. They cost a fortune in food and vet bills. Then, they … Continue reading
My Ongoing Battle with Household Mice
I can’t ever remember having so much difficulty with rodents. As you recall, I earlier mentioned that a mouse has taken up residence in my house. Even worse, it has chosen my mattress as the perfect abode. I did all … Continue reading
Posted in Creatures, Home, Humor
Tagged Exterminator, Mice, Mouse, pest-control, Rodents
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Ed the Zebra’s Wild Adventure
Zebras are not simply horses with stripes as our local community found out last week. Ed the Zebra jumped a fence and escaped from his owner’s Tennessee farm only one day after arriving. Ed’s owner had intended him to be … Continue reading
Mouse in the House
It was 3:00 in the morning when strange sounds woke me up. It sounded as if something was scratching the bottom of my bed. “That dumb dog is under the bed,” I thought. “Get! Get out of here,” I mumbled. … Continue reading
Welcome Home
At first our new dog was a bit skittish. Having a home and being around people was all new to him. He had lived his life in a kennel, and was not accustomed to life as a pet. He was … Continue reading
The Empty Home
“I’ve never been without a pet,” he said. Honey was so depressed. He had secretly emailed the breeder where we bought Dixie to see if she was still in business. She was and had a new litter due this month. … Continue reading
