The lady in the car was talking to the beagle . . . but “ladyinthecar” was eavesdropping!

Our pets, ourselves
Leading to: The highfalutin amusements

Reports Norton’s mom of Eau Claire, Wisconsin: “Subject: Selective hearing? Not with ‘ladyinthecar.’

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Come on up to the Squirrel Hotel — where all of the bedding is purple polarfleece!

Our theater of seasons

Madame Polarfleece: “Almost every year, if there happens to be a snowfall that is moist and packable, I make a snow woman on our deck just outside our kitchen window.

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Mr. John Ford directed: “Count these.” He was “a man of few words. Not nasty — just no small talk.”

Keeping Track

Twitty of Como writes: “Inspired — or, rather, memory jogged — by the entries from Mr. Tulkinghorn and The Bloomington Bird Lady, here is my inventory story:

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