Carolyn Holm

One Dog, Two Cats
Grand Ideas
InterSpecies Memos

Month: January, 2021

Bully Redux

Dear Puffin,I wish you would stop bullying Winston.Love, Carolyn Cher Madame,This petit cat does not do the bullying.Regards, M. Le Poufin Dear Puffin,What do you call it, then, when you come up to Winston while he is peacefully taking a nap, loom over him, and give him The Look? So that he nervously jumps up […]

Starving

Hey Mom,I’m hungry.Winston Dear Winston,I just fed you.Love, Carolyn Hey Mom,I’m still hungry.Winston Dear Winston,I appreciate it when you tell me you are hungry, with your voice, instead of acting out with biting and scratching. Hunger turns you into such a vicious beast! Anyway, I just fed you. Again.Love, Carolyn Hey Mom,I’m hungry.Winston Dear Winston,You don’t have […]

Vacuum Drama

Dear Poppy,I appreciate your level head when I vacuum.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I really don’t like that thing.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I know, but it’s impressive the way you stay calm, and quietly exit the room when the vacuum comes roaring in.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Puffin doesn’t keep calm about it. He says it is a dangerous machine. […]

Ripped

Dear Puffin,Monsieur tells me he found you in a compromised situation.Love, Carolyn Cher Madame,This petit cat never does the compromise.Regards, M. Le Poufin Dear Puffin,He walked in the door and found you on the dining table. You know perfectly well the table is off limits. He says you looked totally ripped.Love, Carolyn Cher Madame,What exactly […]

TGI2021!

Hey Mom,Why were you and Dad up so late last night?Winston Dear Winston,We were celebrating the New Year!Love, Carolyn Hey Mom,But it was a night like any other.Winston Dear Winston,No, it wasn’t, sweetie. It truly wasn’t. It was the end of 2020.Love, Carolyn Hey Mom,That’s why you both kept clinking your glasses together and saying […]