Month: November 2025

Returning to our house through the back yard after walking the dog this week, I heard shouting.  A man’s voice, with some urgency to it.  Couldn’t hear who was speaking or what he was saying.  So it was with some interest that I heard my sweetheart say, once Rascal and I were in the house,… Continue reading Turkey Trot

This week brought excellent news.  Daughter Number Four teaches music in a Detroit-area school.  At the end of the last school year, all teachers at her school had to pack up everything in their rooms for transport off site, so that work could be done on their school over the summer.  When school started again… Continue reading Good News and Sweetness

Our friend Pat describes early spring as silly season for squirrels.  They’re so intent on finding food to eat that they make poor decisions with respect to crossing roads in front of cars, leading to a sudden increase in squirrel corpses in the streets.  In my opinion, squirrels have a second silly season in the… Continue reading Silly Season

When Daughter Number Four was about five years old, she wrote a little think piece on whether or not horses can count.  She looked into the matter, consulting various sources she felt were in a position to know, as they had or had had, regular contact with horses.  At length, she decided to keep her… Continue reading Dogs Can Count