I admit that the site of a big spider sends me running for something sturdy with which to smack the critter, an old shoe works great on crickets and water bugs, and ants don't have a chance if they try coming into my home. I have, however, been known to catch and release tree frogs when they sneaked in the back door, but there is one creature that ( Read more... )

Remember that childhood ditty? It came to mind today when for the 3rd time in the past four weeks an acquaintance showed themselves to be a liar. Of all the human traits that I dislike, the act of lying is at the top of the list. If I catch someone in a lie, it can cause a friendship to go south faster than a speeding bullet ( Read more... )

I'm going to try to update this journal when I update Hook and Crook at blogger ... we'll see how it goes.

Yesterday we took the cats traveling for the first time. BC did very well. He whimpered once, then settled in and went to sleep. Abby Darlin' wound herself up and before we hit the 1 mile mark she had thrown up and 1/4 mile later ... she ... ( Read more... )

Time marches on, life marches on, and I'm marching on ... to a new board and to a new blog. Why? It's time for me to follow a new "crook" in the path of my life ... and so I'm gone from here.

You'll find me at Hook and Crook. Come on over and visit if you'd like.

It's been fun and all that stuff. :)

Pickles

Have you ever been thirsty? I mean really, really thirsty? So thirsty that your tongue feels like cotton? So thirsty that your lips crack from lack of moisture? So thirsty that you can't sleep from dehydration? So thirsty and dehydrated that your legs and feet cramp? So thirsty that you'd drink your own urine? Have you ( Read more... )