They were two cats in a sack and it was clear from the moment I brought Henry home that I’d have to choose between them. Orville hated Henry from the moment he laid eyes on him and they fought constantly. I thought keeping them separated and away from each other might… Read full post »

He was quite a bit older than any I’d lived with before but you know the old saying…just because there’s snow on the roof doesn’t mean there’s no fire in the furnace. Besides, there were more days than not when I felt as though my own pilot light was dimming so… Read full post »

Maybe it’s a result of having spent eight years in parochial school. I mean, except for the occasional holiday, those years equate to approximately 2,100 days of wearing the requisite uniform of crisp starched blouses and pleated plaid skirts with about as much freedom as the US armed forces. I… Read full post »

I find that doing it fast and getting it out of the way is really the only way to do it. That way, once it’s finished, I can get back to reading that book I started and he can roll over and go to sleep with his head in my lap.… Read full post »

There’s families and then there’s families and it’s been said you can’t pick either. Whether you are born into one or the other or you choose, or are chosen, to be a part of one or the other once you are part of either it is forever. Of course, forever isn’t/… Read full post »

Their scars marked their hard lived street life and they way they silently peered at anyone who dared pass by the abandoned house they’d claimed as their own was loud and clear warning to keep a wide distance. There were rumors of them striking out unprovoked and attacking people who lived… Read full post »

There is nothing better than being all tied up. To twist from this corner to that not knowing what game will be played next is exhilarating! Your thoughts scurry across your mind like a mad mantra of shirked duties and you make mental notes all the while secretly hoping your ties… Read full post »

I missed being part of a threesome. I admit it. It was fun. We shared a lot of laughs and good times. Sure, there was the occasional hissing match over who was getting the most stroking but the fur never flew for very long and when one-third of our little love… Read full post »

The ‘O’ word. The mere mention of it propels us back to the likes of puritanical society leaving one, or at least this one, to ask what the hell is so forbidden about this word?  We all know it exists, we all know it happens to everybody at some point, and/… Read full post »

Who among us hasn’t occasionally ‘missed’? Hell, half the men I know couldn’t point and shoot straight if there was money involved. (Really, fellas, how hard is this?). And I know a few women who have taken to the ritual of a ten minute rendition of ‘the pee-pee dance&rs… Read full post »

Guns without bullets, low-fat desserts and marriage and me, certain things just don’t make much sense. Unfortunately neither does rent without income and not being of camping stock, (I prefer my trout filleted and on a plate as opposed to swimming by me as I bathe), my newfound freedom had… Read full post »

The conviction of Pitbulls as fighters is a myth. It is a falsehood born of greed, mired in blood and perpetrated under the guise of a sport. In truth, it is not the breed but rather breeding that creates the fighting ring Pitbull. Their indomitable strength, size and intense prey drive… Read full post »

Let me tell you a story about Lucy. Lucy is just five years old but has already met the cruelties of life. Attacked by a dog who nearly tore her apart she was repeatedly abused by those she trusted to care for her, Lucy was finally rescued and placed in foster… Read full post »