My Namesake Upgrade Our dearly departed cat Snuggles, known as The Dark Lord to her intimates, got an unexpected shoutout in the Hood Avenue group chat recently . “We need Snuggles back,” a neighbor said, to keep the expanding bunny population under control, or something to that effect. Snuggles, all five pounds of…
Pregunta, Pregunta* February 3, 2022 Everyone is on edge these days. Apparently, suffering through a pandemic while the planet is dying is just a little too much for some people. You never know when someone is going to lose it. An old lady ambling down the sidewalk toward you. Brace yourself. She could…
Our High School Anxiety Deaccelerator The transition to high school. It is hard to top that in terms of emotion and drama. An anxiety accelerator if there ever was one. Will I make friends? What will my classes be like? How far away from school should mom drop me off? On and on.…
Wanted: Fierce Dragon Grandma for Help with Pandemic that drastic action was needed. I know that Trump was wrong. The contrary evidence was overwhelming. Yet I desperately needed to believe that the virus would peter out on its own, as he insisted it would, because I wanted my old life back.…