Quirky Quips & Sewing Snips
According to the fossil record, dogs have been domesticated for at least 15,000 years (some paleontologists say 17,000) and are descendants of the gray wolf.  Some anthropologists actually believe it may have been the wolf that domesticated humans — they propose that some of the possible effects of domesticating dogs [...]
When I went home last week to spend some time with my family, I met up with a couple of old high school friends. Tory had just moved into his new home and was anxious to show it to me. As we moved from room-to-room I couldn’t help but notice [...]
Cats love to scratch. Cats love to climb. Cats love to get as high as they can and look down upon their kingdom. Many moons about I had a regal, turquoise-eyed, Flame-Point Himalayan named “Bum” whose preferred perch was the top of the 6 foot high bookcase. From there he [...]
In Hawaii we had to worry about ants and centipedes and a couple dozen varieties of roaches. One has to battle 24/7 for supremacy over the bugs. I said as as much to a fresh young thing with stars in her eyes who couldn’t understand why anyone would leave “paradise” [...]
All I can say about Friday, our first day in Waikiki, is that it was totally for the birds! Â There we were, walking down Kalakaua Avenue on our way to lunch and we came across these: Their wings are clipped. They couldn’t fly so someone had to put them in [...]