Tag: pets

SKETCHBOOK 14 – IT’S THE DUKE!

Encouraged by everyone (thank you, ALL of you!) to keep at it, I decided to try a portrait of El Duque. I saved myself from the humiliation of feet and other things I really find difficult, and only did a head/face portrait. I should mention the portrait was better until, for reasons I don't even … Continue reading SKETCHBOOK 14 – IT’S THE DUKE!

SERIAL KILLER EYES

I love my dog. WE love our dog. We've had him since he was a pup and this month, he will turn ten. Talk about time going way too fast. Last night, I realized the Duke was staring at me. Usually pets won't look directly into your eyes and will, if you look back, turn … Continue reading SERIAL KILLER EYES

MURDER IN EASTON: A TRUE CRIME STORY – BY TOM CURLEY

All TV crime shows start the same way. A couple, or some kids, are doing something normal like walking in the park when they come upon a gruesome murder. The woman or girl screams, the man or boy usually throws up. The opening title plays and the good guys come back after a commercial for … Continue reading MURDER IN EASTON: A TRUE CRIME STORY – BY TOM CURLEY

WELCOME TO THE ZOO

Underneath the deck in the backyard, back in the days when everyone had jobs with incomes, and no one was retired or out of work based on disability -- or, as storytellers say, "A long, long time ago" -- we bought and installed a large, fancy, hot tub. A five-seat tub. It had all the … Continue reading WELCOME TO THE ZOO

COCKATOO WITH SUPER BEAK

Racket was out of his cage. Nothing unusual about that, except that usually when I let him loose, I'd make sure to put away anything I cared about to avoid having Racket destroy it. It was futile but I felt obliged to try. Racket, as his name implied, was a charming, noisy Lesser Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo. He … Continue reading COCKATOO WITH SUPER BEAK

AHAB THE WANDERER

Back in another life, I lived in a little house on Long Island, not far from the university where I'd gone to school and at which my husband worked. We always had a dog and several cats. In those days, we let our cats outside. There wasn't much traffic and everyone's cats roamed the neighborhood. … Continue reading AHAB THE WANDERER

LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?

So, Jefferson, among others said: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Those are three official inalienable rights. Do we actually have these rights? I'm alive, so … Continue reading LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS?

TOUGH DECISIONS

A while back Marilyn answered this provocative question It seemed like a good moment to re-visit it. RP Fandango’s Provocative Question #153 This isn't a question I can answer. It's not that I haven't had any life-changing tough decisions, but because I've had so many. Which one was the hardest? I can't say because all of the … Continue reading TOUGH DECISIONS

MAO, A CAT

Jeff and I got Mao as an 8-week-old kitten in the fall of 1965. We had just gotten married the month before, and of course, we had to have a cat right away. Why a Siamese? I don't know. Karma maybe? From the very first day, Mao was Master of All He Surveyed. Although I … Continue reading MAO, A CAT

TODAY’S DUKE

Duke, like every dog I've known, loves seeing me with a camera because like a moth to the flame, his nose will find a way to press against the lens. How hard is it to get a dog's nose smudge off a lens? How then, did I manage to actually take pictures? Using a very … Continue reading TODAY’S DUKE