Every day. People near me get irritated. “Don’t look so miserable. Smile. After all, it was you who insisted on becoming a vet.” Veterinarian, yes. Not a butcher of animals. I am cracking up. These remarks. This indifference. This matter-of-fact murder. I want to, I need to s...
It wasn’t the first time Luke had gained illegal entry to Simon Butler’s garden but if all went well it might be the last. He’d been eleven times before, to visit the rabbit. Simon kept his rabbit in a small wooden hutch at the end of the garden, near the dustbins. He used ...
I visited one of the best firework shows which takes place in Tokyo, on the banks of the Sumida river near Asakusa on the last Saturday of July. Sumidagawa is the oldest fireworks festival in the world which was founded in 1732 and there are about a million visitors each year. Many peop...
And our local vet knew us really well (Laughter) because we had so many animals. And when the local vet saw this tiny, sick kitten, he shook his head dolefully, and he said, "Don't get too attached, because kittens this young don't live without their moms; they don't surv...
At the vet’s. Do I look like a senior? Q: You’re a recent outdoorsian ex-pat. How do you feel about living indoors now?A: Never going back! Mom threw one of her bathrobes on the floor with the other blankets and now it’s mine. Q: Now that you’ve been brought indoors,...