In Chapter 4 of my book Something Furry Underfoot, Mark falls for a white frou-frou puppy named Dusty, and I play the role of the tough lady who can live without a dog. Mark Dusty, won me over, of course, but only after I thought seriously about our commitment to the pet we were taking home. Here are some things I pondered before we got Dusty, and
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On July 21 Dusty turns 15! He’s my guard dog and companion, and has been pals to all the other critters that we’ve had in our house over the years. And he’s so darn cute! In honor of Dusty’s 15th birthday, we not only made a birthday cake . . . . . . we also decided
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A few years back, we got these live traps for trapping mice in our basement, and every now and again we set them. Two weeks ago, we set two live traps and the first night, we captured a mouse whose tail was about half as long as it should be–the tail had been chewed off,
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Today was my first Memorial Day in 50 years without my Dad, and I went into the weekend feeling down and rather lost. But over the course of the weekend, I found myself watching war movies on TV as I had done with my Dad for as long as I can remember. And I started feeling a little less
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It wasn’t until 3:30 yesterday that I found time to get onto my elliptical, and, of course, 15 minutes into my workout, our recently retired professor pal, Kay, rang the doorbell. Mark answered and the two of them chatted while I finished my work-out. About two minutes later, the doorbell rang again. I was still sweating, in an
Sometimes vacations aren’t everything we want them to be. Consider the one Mark and I took last week. The plan was fairly simple: meet up with my cousin in Georgia on Saturday for a few hours, then hook up with Mark’s nephew to go fishing for a few days in Alabama, and wrap up the trip
Coming soon to Amazon and Smashwords is my non-fiction book about a whole bunch of critters Mark brought into our house over the course of 18 years. Something Furry Underfoot is my story about taking on frogs, iguanas, hedgehogs, ferrets, hamsters, gerbils, mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, a stray cat, two dogs and a domestic duck.
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After 25 years working in an environmental program, I have to say that one of the best things I get to see is the annual celebration of Earth Day at my place of work in downtown Lansing. For one day a year, we open the doors and allow kids to come inside to learn about what
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Apparently, I made a couple of people cry with my story about the baby mouse, so I’ve actually been a bit hesitant to report that the Thursday before Easter our last ferret, Chip, passed away. Instead of making everyone sad about her passing, I am instead going to share a bit about her 7-year life. Chip had
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If you are as lucky as me, your stepkids will grow up and still want to come see you during holidays like Easter. Our Easter started yesterday when all four of the kids showed up, along with Brian, Willi’s husband. We weren’t expecting Holly to show up from Montana but Becky donated her frequent flyer miles so
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