A Special Gift
A Special Gift "Did you hear about ReCirq Labs?" I looked up from my computer where I had been doing expense reports and other bureaucratic banal to see Jerry's face poking through my door. "No, hadn't heard anything about them...
Big Cat Afternoon 2: Hugo has some fun
Big Cat Afternoon 2: Hugo has some fun Down the terrazo stairs we went, Hugo leading the way but not in any big hurry. We passed the door to the ground floor and headed down to the basement. I knew Hugo could smell the scent of Pickles as she had...
Big Cat Afternoon 1: Intro
Big Cat Afternoon 1: Intro I leaned back in my office chair and took a deep breath. I looked out the window across the enclosures and the people milling about and thought "What a life. Wish I could...." Then the realization came to me and I...
A wonderful evening with Peaches
A wonderful evening with Peaches. Something was up. I knew it as soon as I had my key in the door lock. Call it intuition, call it a sixth sense. Maybe things were sounding different, or smelled different... I couldn't tell but something was up. ...
To See Another Morning
"Sir... you can't. SIR! I said you CAN'T go down... SIR!" a feminine voice called down the hall in louder and louder tones. A knock came on my door as I heard the tap-tapping of shoes along the corridor. "SIR! I told you that you CAN'T just walk around...
A Good Day
Morning dawned with Reggie's rump shoved in my crotch, tail up, his head laying on Julie's stomach, and the two Sheps curled up by the dresser/entertainment center across the bedroom. Cleo was with her cubs in their bed, as usual, even though the cubs...
Mission of Mercy
"Well, now that you explained those things to me, it doesn't really seem all that bad at all, really..." Julie smiled at me over her plate of Parmesian angel-hair pasta. I shrugged a bit. "We'll just have to see what this John Cassock has to say,...
An Unexpected Turn of Events
I woke up a bit earlier than usual... whether it was due to concern over the new dogs or the wolves wanting out, I didn't know, but... the rain had stopped and they indeed wanted back outside, so out they went. The new dogs heard the call of nature...
I Love a Parade
The intervening days just flew by... I'd arranged for the use of the parking lot of an auto dealership at the head of Main Street for some of the collector cars and vintage tractors. I moved my Case and the cage/water wagon into town and parked it in a...
Stormy Weather
The following day dawned dark with heavy looking clouds, if one could say it dawned at all. Cleo was snuggled around her cubs at the foot of the bed, and Julie was snuggled to me IN the bed. I looked out the window for a time, thinking about the events...
A Day Off Part 3
"Richard Leslie Mitchell, what ARE you doing up there?!? Get down from there right now!" I heard from behind me. I knew the voice could only be one person, and then I saw Paul come around the front end of the Case. "Honey, it's alright, Jim's here...
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged
Sam was unusually quiet as we rode in to work... "Penny for your thoughts?" I offered. Sam just turned to me and stared for a bit, likely pondering things. I turned for a moment and smiled at her, and she smiled back. "Just thinking about last...