Once upon a time, there was a sleeping beauty who, when woken by a local weirdo, transformed into the beautiful, magnificent, and curious Snifferella. With a dainty yawn, and a deep stretch, she came awake and bounded down the stairs, tail wagging, ready for another adventure! Her Magnificent Snoot of Smelling knows what grows beneath […]
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Barbaro, Cooper, Layla, Rudy, & Savannah, smile strike team
๐ฅ If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hireโฆ The A-Team! ๐ฅ I don’t know who was paying the bill, but their mission today was clear: slap a smile on every face whether they want it or not ๐ Cooper leads by […]
Lucy, icon
My doctor wrote Lucy’s name on a prescription pad, the cure for hopelessness, loss, frowny days, morning fog, and scurvy It’s a citywide campaign: Lucy’s smile and tongue emblazoned on trucks driving by, billboards, blimps, drawn in skywriting and fireworks, painted in graffiti, worn on shirts, and tattooed on butts, boobs, and biceps Before long, […]
Brownie, looking out her backdoor
There is no better way to spend a Sunday evening than sitting on the back porch with my gal Brownie, sipping tea, passing judgment on the neighbors, and dreaming of all the ways to cook a chicken: fried, boiled, breaded, roasted, or stolen in the night, eaten raw beneath the porch while the farmer calls […]
Ziggy, sasquatch hunter
Our intrepid hero donned his safari cap and hiking shoes and paused to sniff the air – he gave me a sly smile before darting off into the jungle. The game is afoot! he cried. We stuck close to the shade as the humidity stuck close to our skin, winding around familiar trees, alert to […]
Bamboo, the cure
Oh, Bam, the cure for any Monday feelings He don’t care what day of the week it is or what the clock says – he just knows it’s walk time! (with a side of bear hug/growly toy time) I felt like we should’ve had the Rocky theme playing for us today – as we wound […]
Bamboo, know his name
My boy Bamboo has long been the face of the Critter Chronicler but has remained a mystery so far. No longer! He’ll answer to Bam or Boo, Bamboo if he’s being naughty, Booby for silly times, Whoa Black Betty Bamba Lamb if the music strikes him, but never Bambi – that gets the fangs bared […]
Gordon, Belle, Buddy, Jackson, & Sadie, life in the Green
Who’d have thought these farm dogs were poetry lovers? It’s not that surprising, really, as only a poet could capture the beauty of Kentucky in the spring. A little Madness in the SpringIs wholesome even for the King,But God be with the Clown โ Who ponders this tremendous scene โ This whole Experiment of Green โ As if […]
Maggie, the maestro
Maggie is one of our downtown quarantine babies, reminding us we’re all in this together!
Belle, Buddy, Gordon, Jackson, & Sadie, gumshoes
Whenever there’s trouble,We’re there on the double,We’re the gumshoe gang! To help me with The Case of the Missing Collar, I enlisted four of the most famous detectives in the area: Gordon, with his deer stalker on sideways as is the fashion, was looking hot and hot on the trail. Buddy grabbed his trusty magnifying […]