When is a Cat Not a Cat?

Bartelby, Eater of Souls

When I was a kid my grandparents had a cat that thought it was a raccoon. See, we had this family of raccoons living in our backyard, and they would come to our back door and we would feed them crusts of bread. One would sit on the little shelf outside the kitchen window and [...]

Girl Meets Canada: Midnight Mouse Madness

Mouse

Allow me to open with two stories that I believe are relevant to what happened last Friday. Story #1 My dad bought a house on one of the gulf islands a few years ago. The island is lovely and his property is a darn fine piece of land. But the house, well, let’s just say [...]

Girl Meets Canada: Blackberry Sunrise

Jesus Ducks

Day 16 (Tues, May 25th) I need to mention two more things about Hope before we can all move on. #1 Angie and I went for a walk along the river and we saw the miraculous Jesus Ducks. These little bags of donuts run on water. So Cute! They sort of moved like the Road [...]

Life As A Human Article: Dude, Pimp My Mice!

Anyone who has ever tried to sell anything will tell you how important it is to “network.” I put this in quotes because, as far as I can tell, it’s just a fancy term for talking to people. You let people know what it is you do, and then remind them at every opportunity. As [...]

They Shoot Rabbits, Don’t They?

Gentle reader, you may remember from months past a mention that my dear dad raises rabbits. When he first announced this plan I wasn’t very comfortable with the idea, especially when I discovered the pure joy of a box of bunnies. But I survived the first cycle of birth-life-death-freezer-dinner (as immortalized in my Rabbit Haiku [...]

LAAH Article: Arachnids and Winter Phenomena

My second article for Life As A Human! Enjoy this excerpt. Please check it out in full by visiting the mother ship. And comment comment comment! Arachnids and Winter Phenomena Being the Queen of the Procrasti-Nation (Get it? Ha, I slay me!), this morning I found myself with four articles to write and very little time [...]

To Put A Child In My Belly, Or Not To Put A Child In My Belly

I’ve never wanted kids. When I was one myself, the thought terrified me. My mom (now, Mom, don’t go beating yourself up for some sort of unintentional childhood psychosis you fed. This is meant to be FUNNY) told me that when you were ready Jesus would put a baby in your belly. This horrified me.The [...]

Meet-a Pika

Hey Everyone, guess what I’m doing this week? That’s right. I’m dog sitting. Again. Why is it that everyone, EVERYONE, around me is jetting off to fabulous destinations? Mexico, Spain, Vancouver. And if they think of me at all, is it to invite me along? Because they can’t live without my sparkly, charming wit and…um…charm? NO. [...]

My Sister’s Pussy

Last weekend I once again found myself caring for someone else’s animal while they went off to do fun things that didn’t include me or their pet. Melissa acquired Griffin when she was in university. She called me up one day (pre email popularity when the fastest way to get hold of someone was to [...]

Rabbit Haiku

Cute. Soft. Small. Warm. Friend. Oh Bunny, Cuddled and loved! Tonight you were stew.