Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Sunday, July 29, 2018

A Tale of Two Kitties

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In my house lives a cat named Silas. Silas is an orange tabby and almost as big as my house. He just turned two, so it's time to take h...
Saturday, July 21, 2018

The Collie's Comeuppance

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The collie had been herding the rancher’s sheep on a little spread in Texas for most of his seven years. He was proud of his job and took it...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

All the Petty Horses

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A couple of weeks ago, on a walk with my daughter, Sydney, I asked, “What are you doing when you’re most happy?” Without pause, she said, “H...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

What's New, Silas?

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Our cat, Silas is a brat - a big, orange-furred, basketball-esque brat. Silas operates under the conviction that everyone who sees him, love...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

How to Sleep with a Dog

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If you have a dog, you know that, like humans, dogs sleep, and that they prefer to sleep with a partner. This is where you, the dog owner, o...
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Two Tabbies and a Motherly Mutt

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Poor Kitt.  Kitt is a gray tabby, and she was our only pet until the kids and I adopted Hope, a high-strung, black and white mutt with l...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Treats

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I have a history of eating dog treats, and I never seemed to find them; they seemed to find me.  Image: Teece Aronin When I was about t...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

The A-Team

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The older I get, the simpler I get - and if anyone makes any jokes, they're out of the will while I'm still of sound mind. I blame t...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Never Depend on a Goose

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One of the saddest things I can think of is an animal lying dead by the road. However, an animal which is  probably  dead, lying in the...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

If Silas Could Talk

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If Silas could talk, he would speak of our dog and say, "I love her so much! Let's jump her!" Silas "in repose."...