Carolyn Holm

One Dog, Two Cats
Grand Ideas
InterSpecies Memos

Month: October, 2019

Cream

Dear Mia,You ate my yogurt!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Not all of it. Just a little. You ate most of it.Love, Mia Dear Mia,You are not supposed to be eating any of it! I wasn’t finished!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You walked away from it.Love, Mia Dear Mia,I just went to get a glass of water! I left it […]

Heritage

Dear Puffin,When Poppy and I were in Los Angeles recently we saw your old neighborhood.Love, Carolyn Cher Madame,My old neighborhood? En France?Regards, M. Le Poufin Dear Puffin,Of course not France, Puff. Los Angeles. Where you were found as a teeny tiny kitten. A wide-eyed toddler, lost and wandering the streets of South Central LA. Love, Carolyn […]

The Rat

Dear Alpha Mom,I miss the two back yard mice. They were fun. I don’t like the rat who replaced them. He’s intimidating. He sneers at me.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I miss the cute mice too. I liked their little white feet. I guess Rodney Rat saw their franchise and told them to get out so he […]

Drama

Dear Mom,Puffin is driving everyone crazy.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,He’s unhappy, sweetie. We just have to put up with it for a while.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,He keeps ambushing me. He’s a jerk.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,He is. But he’s our jerk. And he’s going through a rough time. Besides, you chase him too. So it sort of […]