Even More Turkeys On the Highway
War has broken out, which didn’t seem like a good time for a long humor piece–although we do need humor, now more than ever. Instead, I dug this out–something that’s been sitting in my drafts […]
Tag: wildlife
Stupid deer.
The deer members of Club Critter in my back yard are stupid. There’s one doe in particular who’s not exactly the sharpest point on the antler rack. My husband named her Clarice, like Rudolph’s girlfriend. […]
Night of the Wild Ones
I’ve been gardening a lot this spring. In fact, Memorial Day marked my planting finale and official launch of hand-to-hand combat with local squirrels. This is not a new development. For years, I’ve planted begonias […]
Hollywood Habitat Hell
Holy smokes did we have a dilemma at the Brakeman household. It started a few days ago when the kids found out that I would be working on a PetSmart commercial. I had tried to […]
The New Activism, Vol. II
It pays to do some research before you write and post something, even a humor column. I was going to write about powdered rhino horn as an aphrodisiac. I had a great plan to slow […]
Quibbling Rocks
One of the best things about being married for a good length of time is the quibbling. Not the ugly, hostile fighting where one person gets all angry and irrational because the other person does […]
Dear Neighborhood Skunk:
Although my cat and I appreciate the fragrance demonstration that you gave us last night from the yard outside, we think it would be more neighborly of you to spray it toward the street the […]