There’s only one thing my wife hates more than mice. You guessed it. BATS! As Lisa would tell you, “A bat is nothing more than a flying mouse!” To be able to regale you with a mouse story and a bat story in the span of a month is serendipitous! Personally, I don’t mind bats. They serve some purpose in the world of nature. For example, they eat annoying insects. Actually, that’s about it. They also leave bat droppings, spread rabies, scare children and, I’m not making this u

My wife is afraid of mice...irrationally and deathly afraid of mice. I blame her father. So does she. Lisa’s dad was a jokester. As she tells it, one day on the farm her mom discovered a mouse in the house. This is not an unusual occurrence, by the way. Mice love farms for obvious reasons. Plenty of places to hide: lots to nibble on; cats to torment. Knowing his youngest daughter was afraid of these pesky creatures, her dad pretended he had caught it and proceeded to chase he

True or False? Emotional abuse is defined as verbal insults. False. While that’s the most common definition, emotional abuse can include any of the following: · Intentionally embarrassing you · Preventing you from seeing or talking with friends and family · Telling you what to do and wear · Using social media or cell phones to control or intimidate you · Blaming you for their unhealthy behaviors · Stalking you · Threatening to commit suicide

The monkey is off my back. It has taken all of 25 years, so let me say it again...the monkey is finally off my back! For some background...

It all started with the movie My Dog Skip. It had been a couple years since the parakeet boondoggle. Then it started up again. Our two...

After the debacle with Francis, the demented bunny, our reprieve from pet ownership lasted several years. Then it started up again. “Dad,...