Category Archives: Animal Lover

One of the sad truths of owning a pet is that under normal circumstances, the pets precede us in death.  Worse, we are often placed in the position of having to have the pet “put to sleep” to relieve them … Continue reading →

You can tell that summer is ending when the wild animals start hunkering down around the Sondag’s house.  The hillsides are bone dry and the water and greenery around the house attracts all kinds of miscreants and flamboyant fauna. Andy … Continue reading →

As with most politically-charged issues, I don’t usually share my opinion, I hardly have one, at least not one that I can defend with any sense of superiority.  I know what I think and feel, but I also know that everyone … Continue reading →

This dog is so needy.  A week ago he was sitting next to the suitcase, looking as if he knew he was headed back to a rescue shelter, that we just didn’t love him anymore.  I have been home less … Continue reading →

Joe was in first grade.  Someone had to take home the classroom pet rat for the holidays.  Of course I said yes!  Newsy Rat was adorable.  We have movies of him and even with the littlest one he was gentle … Continue reading →

Boy, that retreat writing sure gets heavy.  I need to decompress here.  This ends funny, I promise… I never came home with a critter following me begging Mom to let me keep ‘im.  Nope.   I waited until I was a … Continue reading →

Putting George of the Highlands to sleep was terrible.  That’s the only really bad thing about pet ownership – they usually precede us to the Other Side.   Jeff was about fourteen, maybe fifteen, and he was devastated.  The brothers had already … Continue reading →

Jacques, our neighbor’s rooster, drives my son, Jeff, absolutely crazy when he comes home.  Jacques is up and at ’em bright an early in the morning, making racket through which it is difficult to sleep. When he is able to sleep through it, … Continue reading →