by Mir | Nov 5, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony, Oh look! Something furry!!
Yesterday dawned and brought with it a fever and listlessness for the girlchild, so I got her brother packed off to school and her set up on the couch and tried to salvage the day. I worked, she dozed. Somewhere towards lunch I stopped to stroke her hair and prepare...
by Mir | Nov 3, 2009 | Oh look! Something furry!!
Licorice is pretty much exactly what we imagined, when people told us about how great it would be to adopt a rescue dog. “They’re just so grateful,” people said. “They bond to you in a way other dogs don’t. They just love you SO...
by Mir | Nov 2, 2009 | Offspring: ecstasy and agony
Halloween dawned damp and full of expectation, here, and Chickadee was up and raring to go first thing in the morning. Monkey was still asleep at 9:30 when I went into his room to make sure he wasn’t dead, which meant, of course, that he was sick....
by Mir | Oct 31, 2009 | Ottomatic For the People
A few mornings ago, I let Licorice hop into bed with Otto after I let her out. She commenced furiously licking his neck, which—because we’d read some article that basically said, “You think your dog is kissing you when she licks your mouth, but...
by Mir | Oct 30, 2009 | Haven't been hit by lightning yet!, Ottomatic For the People
So we had this Big Important Meeting at school this week. The nice thing about completely obsessing and worrying over such an event is that it rarely turns out to be as bad as you’ve imagined. Really, the worst thing about these meetings (so far) is that no...
