Category: Animals

Death is never a small thing

I could feel the violence, right to my core. I’d pulled a tick off my “tick-magnet,” Belle. It was just strolling atop her minklike coat. I’d been cleaning my glasses, already had a tissue in my hand, so pulled it off with that. Its tiny legs quested. I folded the tissue and squished it. Hard.…

Dog grooming the car

My new car needed some recalibration, so I got a loaner car from Audi, which is a very dog-friendly company. I mean, they have bowls of water for dogs who come to their showroom (with their people, of course). One of my dogs, Belle, had a seizure there while I was in for a service…