Do Dogs Get Dysentery?
I awoke to find canine generated diarrhea all over the mud room and downstairs bath for the second time in so many days -like cow flops in size and smell, a field of the richest stink littering the white tile floor, dotting the gray L.L. Bean carpet.
Last night, before bed, I had put newspapers [...]
Until it’s gone…
We thought we were doing a good thing, giving one of our cats to a sweet and loving family, a family with little girls expert at cuddling and effusive adoration. This, after all, is a feline that has received little to no attention from the Madmarriage household for four years running.
It was nearly a [...]
Did I mention that I hate cats?
So resort week is officially over and the whole relaxation thing but a memory. No matter how hard I try to vacation, how completely I shake free of the anxiety and the pet hair and the mundane worries of the day to day, somehow all these things catch right back up with me upon return. [...]
Someone else’s tragedy
An ambulance, an emergency response vehicle and a state police car in the driveway- sure signs that there’s trouble at the neighbor’s. A gurney is lifted. The EMTs give it a heave-ho and it is gone from sight. I can’t be certain who belonged to the body on the stretcher. Was it a man, a [...]
Moon Walk and other thoughts for Friday
Because it is Friday I feel free to share the dancing midget. The clip coincides nicely with O’s recent question. A few days ago he asked, “What’s the moonwalk, Mommy?” I began to talk about Neil Armstrong and early NASA.
“You mean they went all the way to the moon just to dance,” he asked, incredulous [...]
Spider Mama and her mini-me
Thursdays are writing days and lucky for me it’s a misting, damp day that doesn’t beckon me outdoors. I plan to get some real words on the page.
But first I have to tell you about my spider…
I am not an insect-phobe (I’m sure there’s a technical word for this but looking it up will be [...]
