Ferrets are not pets for the unaware. They are too inquisitive and too acquisitive for the casual pet owner. They steal keys, cigarettes, wallets, pagers, cell phones and shoes. And they investigate any likely source of goodies—thus today’s picture of Taz proving that Woozles, unlike Tiggers, DO like honey. This is […]

Yes, I blither on and on, and a lot of it utterly unworthy of comment.  Still, one tends to occasionally judge oneself by the comments one gets, right?  So, judging myself by one I deleted from some yahoo calling himself “Captain 911″ I must be doing something right.   He called me a “communist motherfucker” and […]

I have trouble sleeping. It began with menopause—I would wake every hour or so and stay awake for an hour or so. Now, I don’t do that any more, but my body has decided that I am hard-wired for night-owl behavior and I can’t drop off to sleep before one or two a.m. […]