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29 2003 |
Happy birthday, me! This mornings newspaper brought everyone's attention to the fact that I've petted, held, and -- dare I say it -- even loved a skunk at one time. It wasn't my skunk; it belonged to a friend of my mother's. It was, of course, destinked, but it had not been completely domesticated and from what I hear it eventually went crazy living in a human world. The skunk's short life as a housepet is documented in this old, old photo that I have framed in my livingroom.
As for my Birthday: I slept in, I showered, and I attended my 8-hour long party. I ate, I played pool, I chit-chatted with relatives, I played with Destiny, I ate again, and then we had cake and ice cream. Then we came home. A very pleasant golden birthday, if I do say so myself.
Happy Birthday Derek!!!
--Holly 
, 6/29/2003 22:22:55
My father went to college (UCONN) with a naturalist by the name of Ronald Rood who wrote several books about strange woodland pets he and his kids introduced into their household. A skunk may've been one of em; the title that is stuck most prominently in my mem'ry is "How Do You Pet A Porcupine?"
--busmun, 6/30/2003 10:23:44
Happy Belated Birthday Derek. It sounds like you had a good one. I loved the skunk story. I grew up in one of those families that never turned down a stray, no matter what it was. My childhood pets included chickens, blue jays, robins, american Kestrel(watch the claws!), bats, a large pink pig, and an adorable squirrel monkey. Oops, I'm rambling. Sorry. -Jenay
--Jenay, 7/2/2003 10:31:19
happy birthday derek! i just had a birthday, too (june 10). many more to both of us!
--skippy , 7/5/2003 21:48:47
