Sloths, And How They’re Hanging
Sure did cheer me up to see Free Range Chicken Livers available at the local [...]
The Empty Hutch
It's quiet at first. Tater the cat has been swatted off the keyboard or plucked [...]
Terrorist Rodents
Let me introduce you to the Eastern Gray Squirrel. Isn't it cute? Pretty little gray [...]
Keep Your Democracy Handy By
"Handy by." It's a Down-East Maine colloquialism and I've adopted it for my own. I [...]
A Detonation Of Frogs
If you're a member of an exclusive group, and you are privy to information that [...]
Crones United: No Trump
Friday morning, January 20th, 2017, before dawn, millions of us woke up to a now-familiar [...]
Hannibal And Noodle
Yeah, I don't remember. I've complained before about my inability to recognize birds. I'll no [...]
Re-tired Beats Snow-tired
The meteorologists have gotten ridiculously good, and precise, too. It's not at all unusual to [...]
One Way For The Little People To Get Ahead
The other day it occurred to me to wonder where Marie Antoinette was buried. "Here [...]
Up Shit Crack Without A Paddle
It's come to my attention that there is an animal called a pearlfish that thinks [...]
Affordable Joy
I was a happy child. I'm basing that on the fact that I'm grinning in [...]
For Unto Us A Child Was Borne
This was a special Christmas for us, because we had an authentic child staying with [...]
The Misters Happy
You all remember Mr. Happy. Mr. Happy with his gigantic eight-foot pink spike of flowers [...]
Sequins In The Snow
It's been snowing in Portland, so naturally I'm worried about the hummingbirds. Most folks in [...]
Have Yourself A Very Pootie Christmas
Pootie and his buddy Hajerle People have traditions about their Christmas trees. They pick out [...]