Pit Bull Tuesday: Police Pick Up Bo
(Adorable image taken from mK9 blog) Police in Baltimore City were called to take care of a “vicious dog,” but a dog-savvy officer realized quickly that this pit bull wasn’t chasing the kids in the...
View ArticlePit Bull Tuesday: Harper Rescued Twice
I thought I’d already featured Harper, but when my sister sent me a link, I looked and realized I hadn’t. This is fabulous. Not only was little Harper rescued from a trash bag, but she was also rescued...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo 2012: Because It’s Fun
One of the best parts about NaNoWriMo: hanging out with and meeting other people who want to write a novel in a month. I hang out with “real” writers all the time, people who consistently finish and...
View ArticleA Grateful Year (1/2)
There will be two posts this year about Thanksgiving. I realize everyone is making these posts, and I’m sorry to clutter your feed with multiple yammerings about what a jackpot this year has been for...
View ArticlePit Bull Tuesday: Everyone Was Afraid to Help Troy
… Except for Hope for Paws. They followed this unaltered male pit bull into the bushes, where he was lying down to give up and die. You can see as soon as he takes the treat exactly how little anyone...
View ArticlePit Bull Tuesday: Sparky’s Village of Heroes
The hero in this story isn’t the pit bull… he was a victim, and now he’s a lucky little ball of (grown-back) fur. I like my own species more today than I did yesterday, after reading about his ordeal...
View ArticlePit Bull Tuesday: Cain Saves His Owner’s Mom from a House Fire
TL;DW: She was upstairs and didn’t realize the house was on fire; if Cain hadn’t alerted her, she would have been trapped in a fire that took 70 firefighters to put out. When she got outside, she...
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View ArticleHanzo at Relay for Life
Almost every year, my boyfriend is involved in the sound system for Relay for Life. This is the first year I was in town and otherwise unengaged, and it’s not far from our house, so I decided to take...
View ArticleNot online yet
When I finally had Internet again last night, I had 100+ unread messages in my inbox. It might be awhile before you hear from me because I look like this: But I’ll definitely be back soon, with tales...
View ArticleSuper Birthday Snake
Last week, Briar and I went on a walk with our friends Teeth & Steve and their dog Motley. Our plan was to play Ingress as we went, taking portals with our phones while our dogs took them with...
View ArticleVideogame saves seagull’s life (so there)
Yeah, more animal rescue. Does this happen to other people? Am i knocking seagulls out of the air with a baseball bat to get Internet attention? Look, i’m wondering the same thing as you. Maybe i’m...
View ArticleThis is how i feel today
This is my challenge: Go forth and do something you haven’t done before, something that makes you also feel like this.
View ArticleTwelfth dog, best dog
Because Hanzo is an enormous male pit bull, almost no one wants to pet him. But because he’s also a doofy, sweet, good-hearted kitten of a dog, it hurts his feelings when people avoid him. They walk...
View Articlenew digs
Moving for the third time in sixteen months was still an anxiety-inducing nightmare and i’m surprised i have any friends left, but it was a good move. TL;DR: I don’t feel like this anymore. I once...
View ArticleClarion West Write-a-thon & Princes of Iron
A sparkle caught my eye as I passed one of the empty burrows. The Unlight fell dull upon the windchimes that hung there, but it was bright upon a sky-blue glass bottle the size of my fist, dangling...
View Article#distractiondraw & involvement as self-care
#distractiondraw of a cute witch by Stevie #distractiondraw (Instagram link) is something my friend Stevie and i started doing because our social media feeds were too depressing to read immediately...
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