Seventeen Chickens
Aah, what can be nicer than waking (before dawn) to the sound of an adolescent rooster yodelling…? Yes, I once …
Category Archives: Animals
A Word About…Dog Bonding
I know what some of you are thinking…”So what’s the big deal? You see a dog, you love it, it …
How NOT to Hug a Cow
Call me naive, but I never imagined such a thing as animal sex tourism. Sure, I knew about bestiality, but …
The Grandpuppy Has Arrived At Last. And Taken Charge
Meet Mini — a twelve-week-old Newfoundland puppy. At the time of her induction into our Tribe, she was twelve weeks …
A Dog? Really?
Yes, folks, there will soon be a puppy in my life. I am not really a dog person. Dogs smell, …
Herding Cats
We’ve all used the expression — herding cats — usually as a metaphor for trying to gather or organise things …
A Cow At My Door
Living on the Main Street of a little country hamlet like Wilmot is nothing if not charming. Never before …
Roughing It
Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder. I’m thinking roughing it is a bit like that. …
I Am NOT a Mushroom
At least I’m not being fed bullshit. I am, however, being kept in the darK. I consider the absence of …
There’s a Devil Under My Floor
Well, there WAS a devil under my floor, but I’ve moved on. And so, presumably, has she. I’m talking about …
The Meandering Matriarch 