An Open Letter to Our Puppy
Dear Midnight, (AKA: Mr. Bohanan, Pupperton P. Jones, and Flufferton J. Goldendoodle) You’re four and half months old and it will be difficult for you to pay attention to this… Read more An Open Letter to Our Puppy →
An Open Letter to Dog People, Dogs aren’t People
Dear Fellow Dog People, Let me begin this post with absolute clarity: I AM a dog person. Coco, Max, Sugar, Sam, Megan, Murphy, Lucy, Emma and now Midnight . .… Read more An Open Letter to Dog People, Dogs aren’t People →
An Open Letter to the Woodpecker on My Roof
Dear Mr. Woodpecker, In an effort to know my enemy, I’ve learned that you can live from 4-11 years and some types of you are endangered (I can understand why… Read more An Open Letter to the Woodpecker on My Roof →
An Open Letter to My Neighbor’s Short Shorts
Dear Devious Denim Garment, With all due respect, I realize that you are, by virtue of age alone, vintage wear. I remember your kind from the trailer park circa 1981 when Aggie’s boyfriend Garth wore a pair just like you with his long striped tube socks and Vans checkered shoes. Not a pretty sight as he made out with Aggie on the hood of his black and lime green Trans Am. Your lifelong owner was likely a teenage boy back when he first bought you as full length pants. Time… Read more An Open Letter to My Neighbor’s Short Shorts →
An Open Letter to My Neighbor’s Cat
Dear Feisty Feline Friend, First, let me say how much my family and I appreciate how quickly you dispatched that mouse that fell in my window well back in September. You’re our own personal Seal Team Six, and we invite you to dine in our backyard on any pigeons, mice, or squirrels you like, but please take your leftovers home with you. I’m writing you today, my rotund friend, to ask that you discontinue using my flower beds as a toilet. Today, as I planted marigolds and snapdragons, I happened… Read more An Open Letter to My Neighbor’s Cat →
Amanda Rose Adams 