Yarrow was put to sleep on 17 April, 2008, the day before I flew to New York for a much-needed week-long break, spent with my friends.
That week was able to distract me, more or less, from missing Yarrow, but it wasn’t able to distract me entirely, and now that I’ve been home a week and [...]
Bayberry died about 40 minutes ago. He had been diagnosed with renal cancer last weekend. I was hoping that the antibiotics he was on would help him, but they really didnt. At least his illness wasn’t long and lingering.
He was a good, good rat who loved his peas and always [...]
Meet the new boys I just got a couple of days ago from a massive rescue operation out in Ojai, California:
Yarrow Rat – masked (imperfect masked colouration because of the patches over his ears, which I think make him a million times more awesome); black-eyed white variety. He’s the boss of the new [...]
Well, right after Lotus died, a friend of mine who is my Rat Guru told me about another huge rat rescue – there’s always a huge rat rescue somewhere – out in Ojai, California. A handicapped woman apparently took in some rats that had been dumped on her property and the situation quickly got well [...]
I’m madly in love with every single rat I have ever had. But every so often one truly special little beast comes along that grabs my heart in a special way.
Lotus was one of those rats. He was an extraordinary creature from the very first day we met. I never met a [...]
Holly died tonight, about an hour ago. This picture was taken exactly two months ago, 14 December 2006:
My lil hairless ones are gone now. Holly was just so awesome. Because she was a hairless albino, in many ways she looked just like a tiny, pink pig. She had a very, very [...]
Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying.
Please pardon my [...]
