When I saw the union pickets around my building I cringed. This won’t end well, I thought. It was a hot August day and the tenant had just purchased a chameleon. She felt he would be okay if she spent the weekend at the Jersey Shore. …

There are people who can communicate with animals, even connect with a creature’s spirit G F Judy has always had a pet dog. She even took one when she went to University of California Davis to study environmental education. Yep — kept the dog in the dorm room with her. …

When bitterness prevails The year I was born Thumper, the fictional rabbit in Disney’s animated film Bambi, referred to Bambi’s unsteady legs as “kinda wobbly.” Thumper’e mother, gently scolding, “If you don’t have something nice to say about someone, don’t say anything at all.” I can’t tell you how many…

If I’d known, I would never have taken her up on her offer Although I’m officially retired, I still go into Philadelphia to tie up some loose ends and to keep doctor’s appointments. I believe I take the commute more for health reasons now-a-days than anything else. …

She was a woman of few words but the words she did say were sincere and surprising. She was my cousins’ babysitter when they were young. …

Her upbeat personality was infectious Who would have thought the most positive person I’d ever meet, I’d meet the first day of my life. Well, technically. What Was Your Best Decade When my father passed away my mother moved into a retirement village close to where my family lived in…

No,no,no — I’m not mistaking a purr for a snore I’m proud to say I’ve been a loving companion to ten cats in my 81 years on this earth. I can honestly say that each had his own personality and each was able to reciprocate love in different ways. Sometimes…

Seems like the industry is trying to seduce every human into wagering their last dollar with the hopes of instant riches. This is how to make an unsavory, back room, illegal activity disappear from society: legalize it. That’s what our cash eating government has done at the national, state and…

You can imagine how I felt when the phone rang and it was the Philadelphia police Every time I become over confident and think I understand my fellow humanbeings I am summarily snapped back to reality. Does anybody know anyone else? My Employee Wayne Jr, a young high school student…