A Seasonal Haiku

Sorry … I’ve had a few people ask me this now, and I keep forgetting to include it in an entry. We really don’t know why Clueless Wonder is sick. We’ve been able to rule out some things. No foreign object shows up on radiographs, so he didn’t swallow one of the ACfH’s toys or…

Got home slightly before the Professor this afternoon. I was greeted by: Two Piles of Kitten from Hell Vomit My favorite ear cuff on the carpet in the hallway The ribbons from my college diploma taken off their display in the bedroom and left under the dining room desk One of the Professor’s socks under…

If you like PDQ Bach, you’ll get the title. If not, it doesn’t matter anyhow. But spring seems to be a more ephemeral experience than usual this year. I woke up to seventy degree weather, with the promise of ninety degrees before the afternoon ends. This is not the April I was expecting, to say…

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion… I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.” — Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Oh what a day it was. Or wasn’t, if you prefer. My appointment with Dr. A having already been pushed to next week, I was able to…

While walking from the main building to my office yesterday evening, I watched grey storm clouds jostling for position over my head. A red-tail hawk soared into view, surfing the edge of the storm front. Tail and wings fully spread, he could have been a kite without a string. Other birds had taken cover from…