Dear Mom,Puffin says it’s New Year’s Eve. Why do we need a new year?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,It’s a human thing. We like to start over once a year. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Start over???????? Why??????????XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Maybe we’ll get it right this time.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Now I’m confused. Humans don’t always make sense to me.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Don’t […]
Dear Mom,I overheard you say yesterday that cats are your people.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I’m sorry if that made you feel bad, sweetie. I love dogs too!Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,There have been a lot of dogs in this household. I remember Molly.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,She was awesome. Weird, but awesome. Before her, there were Bruno and […]
Dear Mom,I don’t like this creature.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Winston, or the Jack o’Lantern? Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Not Winston! But what’s a Jacko thingy? I don’t even know what that is!!!!!!!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,It’s a Halloween thing. You’ve seen them before, sweetie. Every year. People carve a pumpkin so that it has a face.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,That’s […]
Dear Mom,Winston doesn’t know his own name.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Of course he does, he just pretends he doesn’t.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,He doesn’t even look at you when you call him.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Sometimes. When he’s in that mood I can call him ’til the cows come home and he won’t acknowledge it.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,We have cows???????XOXO […]
Dear Mom,I took care of the crow situation for you. I ordered them to get out of the birdbath.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Thank you, sweetie. But they’ll be back.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,Yesterday you called them a bunch of low-lifes.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Because they left greasy rib bones in the birdbath. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I’d like some rib […]
Dear Mom,What happened last night?????????XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,You mean the cats. Yes, that was a lot of drama last night.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,They were unhinged! They were crazy! They were hissing and yowling at each other! XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,It was an all-out war, wasn’t it! I’d never seen Winston stand up to Puffin like that. […]
Dear Poppy,Louis was in the garden again this evening. I saw him slip out the gate just as we were coming down the stairs.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,That’s every night this week!!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,He must be after the Meadow Mice. I haven’t seen them lately, but someone mouse-sized jumped out of the compost barrel the […]
Dear Poppy,What’s up with you sneaking out of my room every night?Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You know about that?XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,Of course I do! You wait until I stop reading, and I’m just about to turn my light off for the night, and you get up and leave. But you are so funny, you always […]
Dear Poppy,I’m proud of how well you take charge of your feet.Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I don’t know what you mean!!!!!!!XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,I’m talking about the burrs your feet pick up on our walks. Your paws are like big puffy slippers. They sweep up everything. Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,You try walking with burrs between your toes. […]
Dear Mom,I don’t understand cats. Winston comes up to me and bumps me with his head. He does that a lot. Puffin sometimes does that too. It’s a weird way to say hello.XOXO Poppy Dear Poppy,It’s a sweet gesture! You don’t think so? Love, Carolyn Dear Mom,I don’t know. It confuses me. I think he wants me […]
