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Animals: What’s Not to Love?

Posted on August 28, 2026 by mitchteemley

“Lean on me, kid” – photo by Andy Parkinson I’m on record as a card-carrying animal-lover. Because, I mean, animals, what’s not love? Enjoy your weekend — and start here! Click on any image to enlarge it, read caption, or … Continue reading →

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Courage?

Posted on August 20, 2026 by mitchteemley

Image source: tenor.com “Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway. Stupidity is the same. And that’s why life is hard.” ~Unknown ζ

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Of Newspapers and Talking Birds

Posted on August 11, 2026 by mitchteemley

Left: ‘Welcome Dodgers’ headline, Los Angeles Evening Herald Express, 1958. Right: My 2nd Grade class photo My Real Memoir: Newspapers and Talking Birds Dad Was Ambitious to a Fault But he’d dropped out high school to shoot bad guys who … Continue reading →

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Sometimes a Sappy Smile Is Just the Thing

Posted on July 31, 2026 by mitchteemley

Car gives birth en route to hospital! Sometmes a sappy smile is just the thing. I love humor (who doesn’t?). And I confess to having a sarcastic streak (OK, more like a motherload). But there’s just so much mean-spirited humor … Continue reading →

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Animals Have Attitudes Too!

Posted on June 12, 2026 by mitchteemley

“Wait — dinner will be ‘late’? Not funny, Tiffany!” boredpanda.com Humans Aren’t the Only Ones With a Point of View Animals have attitudes too! Big time. I hope you enjoy these funny, unexpected pet moments (I had fun coming up … Continue reading →

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Accidentally Invisible!

Posted on May 29, 2026 by mitchteemley

‘Car-pet‘ Some People Lead Highly Visible Lives Others prefer to gather secrets unseen, and then go off to write tell-all stories. Yet at one time or another, we’re all accidentally invisible. But enough of this metaphorical business (there’s more in … Continue reading →

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Family Is As Family Does

Posted on May 15, 2026 by mitchteemley

Source: boredpanda.com Size? Appearance? Race? Species? Meh. Family is as family does. When I was a young man, I rented a room from a therapist whose family had rejected him. So he’d learned to create families. He’d match up patients … Continue reading →

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The Kindness of Strangers

Posted on May 1, 2026 by mitchteemley

All photos by Mitch Teemley, except Tulip the bulldog (by Elliot Teemley) She Was Completely Dependent Upon… The kindness of strangers. A few weeks ago, our firstborn Elliot was walking near their apartment, when they* spotted a rotund little bulldog … Continue reading →

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Time for a Feel-Good Friday the 13th!

Posted on March 13, 2026 by mitchteemley

After watching a family working in their garden, this tiny fox “adopted” them (boredpanda.com) It’s time for a feel-good Friday the 13th. After all, some people find Friday the 13ths terrifying. And the rest of us? The current state of … Continue reading →

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Animals Are as Unpredictable as Humans

Posted on December 26, 2025 by mitchteemley

I love animals. Not because they’re cute–sometimes they are, sometimes they aren’t. But because there’s something unique about each of them. Animals are as unpredicable as humans. Not just each species, but each individual animal, probably even amoebas. And there’s … Continue reading →

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