Okay, so the baby cardinals survived the night. Both ate well (every hour, mind you,) and one was very active and trying to fly. The other was hurt more severely — probably a broken leg, plus stripped feathers, and by morning, infection had set in. I took them to the ASPCA late […]

Let me just start off by saying I’m a big advocate of indoor cats. Why? Because it annoys me when un-neutered outdoor male cats spray on my deck and my door. And it annoys me when cats destroy the wildlife. Case in point — Vegas, the stray cat we’ve been trying […]

They stalk me.
Every year, no matter where we live, a certain creature comes from nowhere to invade my house. My house ONLY. No one else on the block has this problem.
They crawl around on my walls. On my floors and cabinets and furniture. They hang out in my pantry so I […]

Think these two things are completely unrelated?
Well, if you’ve been living in a cave like I have, you’d think that. (Though I’m slowly catching up. Always late to the party.)
For those who haven’t been living in a cave, well, Alison Kent’s post and links sums things up — there are a LOT of authors who […]

Thanksgiving is coming, a time to give thanks, be with friends and family, and celebrate with the ritualistic eating of an animal that was once considered as a candidate to be the national bird instead of the bald eagle.
So what do vegetarians and vegans do while everyone else is eating turkey? Many give to […]

My son got an ant farm for Christmas, which I wasn’t thrilled about, even though I knew he asked for one. I mean, I KILL ants that come into my house. Little bastards.
Anyway, it took forever to get the ants (you have to send a coupon for them, and who knew ants could […]

For a public service announcement.
A tip for cruel people: Please, when you hit an animal with your car, STOP! Go back, make sure it’s dead. Even if you don’t care about the poor animal’s suffering, think about the human accidents that animal will cause as, in it’s shock […]

I’m not superstitious. At all.
But yesterday, I was in my office (in the basement,) happily plugging away on one of my WIPs. Then, a noise interrupted me. Someone knocking on the door.
Now, I usually don’t answer the door during the day, because it never fails…it’s some religious group trying to convert me to […]