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KEMPY

Wild Word Friday! I’m a weaver. I’m not a great weaver, just a hobbyist, but I’m always amazed when the magic of a warped loom coaxes weft threads and yarns into lovely fabrics, and I’m always amazed when I think of those first weavers who came up with the idea of cloth. Wow. When I…

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GOBLIN!

Wild Word Friday! Do you remember when you were a kid and there was something absolutely delicious about being pretend-scared? Not truly afraid, just pretend-scared. When children go out to trick-or-treat, they dress up like monsters and GOBLINs and black cats and ghosts and pretend to be scary, and, when they come to our doors…

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Roscoe!

Roscoe, Friend him on FaceBook! I recently asked my friend Arlene Coulter if I could feature her dog Roscoe on Your Pet!  Her reply made me laugh, and I thought all the Your Pet! readers would enjoy what Arlene wrote: “My second son was in college when he fell in love… with Roscoe. At the…

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FORK

Wild Word Friday! I really, really don’t like to have sticky fingers, which is why I’m so grateful that someone invented the FORK. In the history of mankind – and womankind – the FORK is a fairly recent development, although in 1290 Fra Bonvicino da Riva (from Italy) wrote this advice to diners: “Let thy…

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Your Pet! Skyler!

Skylar, Waiting for a Ride! We’re celebrating Skylar today on Your Pet! In the beautiful photograph above, Skylar is four-months-old . (A couple of months older now.) A pure bred chocolate lab, she’s a very lucky dog with three owners , Sharyll, Jack, and Randy.  Sharyll says, “It’s been a long time since we’ve had…

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