After many years without a cat, in Sept. 2019 I adopted Tilly-Leguin (AKA "Baby Girl"). She was one-and-a-half-years-old, and so sweet and friendly. This pic of her on the table was taken within a few hours of her arriving in my then-apartment, and she was ready...
I bought Coco, a Shih Tzu, thirteen years ago from a kid on a ten speed.
For much of my adult life, we’ve had four cats living in our household.
My pup wanted a dog of her own. I’d adopted the Parsons Jack Russell in my late twenties, shortly after returning to college to earn a third degree. I named her Tempest, not only because I was continuing a childhood tradition of giving terriers T names, but also...
We weren’t sure about getting a dog back in 2017. We were just passively looking, but when I saw an ad for the saddest looking, underweight, sweet little baby you’ve ever seen, I drove to West Texas to pick him up in a Walmart parking lot.
In the middle of the pandemic, I met a stranger in a parking lot late at night—and all I got to show for it was the cutest dog I’ve ever seen in my life. Pancake, my Aussie-mix, is a bundle of energy with a personality that makes me laugh every single day. Pancake...
