Q: Does a bear poop in the woods?

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

A: Yes, and so can you! Okay, you're probably thinking I've totally flipped out, if you didn't already think this after some of my previous entries about mouse turds, including "The mystery of the dead animal in my living room," and the moving song "Blue turd on my window sill." But the ...

Madame Moose strides again

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

On a run at Monkey Valley recently, a magical thing happened. I was running up the road, and saw a magnificent female moose in the meadow beside the road. She saw me too, we looked at each other for a little, and then she moved away up the hill. I felt awe ...

Blue turd on the window sill

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

A recent discovery at Monkey Valley inspired me to write this homage to John Denver: Blue turd on the counter makes me happy Blue turds in my bed can make me cry Blue turd means the mouse has found the poison Blue turd means the mouse is going to die I was very moved by ...

Goodbye, wascally weasel

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

I had a productive 9 days at Monkey Valley, with the winter plumbing problems fixed at low cost, thanks to Kevin Thompson of Princeton, BC! Finishing work on the barn is well underway, too, thanks to Brent Ross and Tom. It is going to be bee-you-tiful, as my grandma used ...

Winter visitors

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

I just got back from Monkey Valley, where I had a chance to find out how the place fared for the winter. I found evidence of some horses (or so I thought) in the yard, and the corpse of a tiny shrew in the power room. Other than that, no ...