Having forgotten the primary rule of breaking and entering-don’t leave incriminating evidence behind-StClair meets the goatnapper head-on. Literally.
Read more →Some people listen to sports news programs and think about sports. I listen to them and think about rats, dogs, and people, and how we teach each other. What can I say? It seems logical to me. 🙂
Read more →This is the week I should do a podcast filled with all kinds of wonderful resolutions for pet owners, but the reality is that I’m so far behind this is the podcast I intended to do last week. Think of it as extending the holiday season… Here’s a link to an article about the study I mentioned.
Read more →Breaking and entering is a lot like eating peanuts. After you do it once, it’s hard to resist doing it again. What’s that strange noise? Could it be…
Read more →A few visuals to go along with this week’s podcast. It’s difficult to get a good picture of the basement stairs because of their location. But these two pictures will give you come idea of their steepness. The first is of the stone structure that is about 7′ high, and the stairs to the left that end on a concrete pad. The second is a view of the area behind the structure. You can see the steepness of the stairs as well as the narrowness of the treads in the lower right. Next are some pictures I took
Read more →Some days what you discover about those around you make brain-sucking aliens a viable explanation.
Read more →What do ice and thinking dogs have in common? Probably not much, but these are some thoughts on both that came to me during last week’s ice storm. You can find a discussion of the study I mentioned here. And here are some pictures I took after the storm ended. A view from the front and back doors: A white pine that lost several big branches, and a close-up of the amount of ice on the needles. My once lovely 4′ high ornamental grass with fluffy white plumes reduced to a sodden mass: And for those
Read more →Did anyone ever drag you into some scheme that was so hare-brained you just wanted to pound them? In this chapter, StClair gets her chance.
Read more →This week’s podcast is about some practical things pets can teach us that make it easier to handle any stress related to the holidays or life in general. In it I mention two yoga poses, tree and plow. There are multiple versions of each of these poses, but these are the ones that I do with or without help from the resident quadrupeds.
Read more →StClair decides to engage in some serious breaking and entering to find that damned goat. Turns out there’s a lot more involved in this criminal endeavor than she’d thought…
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