Category Archive: Animals

The Green Tree Frog in my Toilet

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What does a green tree frog think when the yellow waterfall hits the white porcelain cliffs?  Does it wonder if the white stuff drying off the fleshy lid is a beach towel for… Continue reading

Weighty thoughts on my last day in the Hot and Dry

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This is my last day in the Hot and Dry with only 1 Dog.  Said dog and I completed one last daily ritual together:  Sharing my breakfast.   The ritual goes something like this: … Continue reading

California dreams, schemes, & memes

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Don’t you just love it when you wake up with that metallic baking soda/salt taste roiling around in your mouth after dreaming you were knee deep in crappy flood water asking your old boss… Continue reading

Hot and Dry with only 1 dog

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 Today’s forecast:  Hot and dry with only 1 dog.  And a cat that rarely comes out of my sister’s room.  Oh—and a sister that rarely comes out of my sister’s room. That’s because… Continue reading

Thoughts while walking my sister’s dog

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Is it possible to sunburn your eyelids when you’re wearing dark glasses?  Is that a cactus I just tripped over?  These are the things one thinks about as she’s falling forward over a… Continue reading

Scariest childhood memories

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   I have to credit Austin http://moviewriternyu.wordpress.com/2013/05/24/friday-night-think-tank-memorial-day-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-13100 for dredging up this particular topic.   It gives a whole new meaning to the question, “When did you come out of the closet?”   No, I’m not… Continue reading

I’M STILL HERE!

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3 Generations of people who AREN’T still here.  Left to right:  Great grandmother, grandmother, uncle Bob,  I have no idea, my mother’s best friend (who married some English guy) and lastly–my mom (who… Continue reading

HOW DOES A DOG TELL YOU…

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 Chelsea D. Dog and me 2012   Many people have owned a dog. If you look at the dog and human bond as ownership, not companionship, you might want to skip this blog.… Continue reading

Writer’s block and watering the fertilizer

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Have you ever had those weird dreams where you’re half awake and say, “What the hell does that mean?” Well, I had one of those last night. “Faith waters the seeds of the… Continue reading

A Day Run Amok OR How to NOT Neuter Your Cat

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Have you ever had one of ‘THOSE’ days? You know, the kind… you wake up to the sound of the alarm after a late night, crawl out of bed feeling a bit out… Continue reading