I saw a post this weekend that truly made me laugh out loud, which was inconvenient since I’d just taken a bite of scrambled eggs. After wiping egg parts off my phone, I looked again because it was just too good…or bad…or true. …
The graceful jungle cat strides confidently through the grassland, the vegetation seeming to part of its own accord as he approaches. Suddenly, his pace changes, slowing as he lowers his body into a stalking stance, muscles tightening as observes his prey.
“Jasper!” I call out, startling both him and the…
What is the cutest thing your pet does? Unless you completely ignore your dog, cat, or parrot, you probably have several options to choose from. Animals are always doing adorable things to get our attention. It’s an efficient system. They want food, a belly rub, or maybe for you to…
A few days ago I wrote in The Secrets of Cat People that our cat, Max, tends to get lost and cries out to be found. This is a habit he’s had most of his life, but he’s been doing it more and more lately, so much so that I’ve…
I wonder if Covid has scrambled up people’s concepts of boundaries. Earlier this week my wife and I were enjoying an off-hours lunch at a local restaurant. “Off-hours” is all we do these days now that COVID has turned us into hermits. We’d always suspected other people were bad, but…
Have you ever felt like you might never move again because it’s just too hard? I should clarify, I mean moving out of your current dwelling and into a different one, not moving, in general. If you feel like don’t ever want to physically move again because it is too…
Secret meetings in the dead of night. Mysterious chants, decoder rings and catnip scented candles placed in enigmatic patterns in a clearing in the woods. For a dog person, these activities seem well withing the realm of possibility among the baffling beings known as cat people.
Life always comes down to choices. Do you go left or right? Vacation at the ocean or in the mountains? Put butter or jam on your mustard sandwiches? Animal lovers often think the most significant question in the pet world is, “Cat or dog?” I believe of greater, or at…
We recently returned from our first real trip in our new RV, a five-night outing to a seaside town a couple of hours from home, and I am happy to report it was a huge success. …
