Skylar The Glassiest of Lamps One of the joys of living in a house built by Christmas elves in the fourth century AD, is no standard furniture will fit anywhere. Nowhere is this more annoying
Louie Louie's Great Neutering We decided it was time to neuter Louie (dogs don't have very many rights still). We had planned to wait until after his first birthday, which is in one month
Louie Our Monster A handful of dog claws scraped across my face and I could tell marks were already forming. This is how I was awoken from not-a-great sleep, a new daily tradition
Skylar King Bed A wet nose pressed into my neck. A moment later I felt the shove of four dog legs against my exhausted body. I inched closer to the edge of the
Louie Vegas With Puppies Over the years I've had friends tell me that once you start having kids, everything takes ten times longer. No outing is uncomplicated. No activity can ever truly be spontaneous.
Louie Brownies Look. I didn't intend to fill your lives with puppy poop stories this year. I had hoped to have a more diverse catalogue of anecdotes for you in 2022. This
Louie The Gate I was pulling weeds from the flower bed in the front yard when I realized I suddenly had company. "Oh, hello there," I said to Louie who was standing on
Louie The Side Door There's a door to our house that you access through the driveway. We call it "the side door." We don't have any door that goes directly to the backyard, an
Louie Muddy Puppy My phone was propped up on the ledge of the bathtub—a man was asking another man some question about his educational background. I kneeled, hunched, bent, over the side
Louie Baby Monster I'm not sure Louie is ever actually going to learn his real name. Not because he's dumb. This dog is not dumb. I wish he was a little dumber than
Louie Puppy Training We have now posted tickets to our next Strangerville Live, which will be on January 21 and 22 in SLC. It will feature Jolyn Metro, Whitney Call (JK! Studios), Meredith
Duncan World, Meet Louie! I talked about this on Strangerville recently, so I'm probably sorry if this is redundant, but I decided to get a new puppy for Skylar for Christmas. I really intended
Skylar Trick or Treat It all started because we didn't have costumes but we had a party to go to. Skylar and I had just met a few months before and we were in
covid Smells Almost the exact moment I published my last update on Stranger last Thursday, mere seconds after I typed the words at you "I haven't lost taste or smell at all,
Duncan A Weekend Getaway "We really should bring Duncan. He hardly ever gets to take a vacation and he could use one considering how hard he works." Skylar was referring to our fall trip
Skylar Sunday Morning Skylar woke me up by tapping on my shoulder, like I was a stranger ahead of him in line somewhere and he needed to ask me a question. "What?" I
Duncan Dogsitting We're dogsitting a new dog so naturally Duncan is being very clingy. This animal I birthed does not care for change. (I would tell you the full graphic birthing story
Skylar Weekend Dad I'm in Dallas this week for work because I guess law happens there, too. I found out I was going to have to travel to Texas just a few days
Skylar Skylar Is Trying To Leave Me Salt Lake City has turned into the Jaws of Hell this summer and my Portland-born hippie helpmate is not having any of it. I really thought the winters would be
Skylar A Horrific Birthday Surprise That Was Fine I told you a while ago that my dragon slayer started torturing me around February with birthday threats. Skylar's track record on birthday surprises: they are the most amazingly thoughtful
EMBARRASSING I'm So Brave To Share This I'm finally ready to tell you the full story of the thing that happened to me two years ago just behind my house. I had just gotten home from work
Duncan Adoption Anniversary One thing they don't warn you when you choose to be gay and get a very gay dog is you will suddenly be required to spend a lot of your
House A Little Secret I'll let you in on a secret They don't tell you when you buy a home with a yard because They want you to fail. I don't know who They
Duncan Teeth Cleaning We were told some time ago that you really should get your dog's teeth cleaned. This was a part of a lecture that included advice that I'm 100% positive no
Jude A True Democracy One of the plus sides to living in These Unprecedented Times is many of my friends realized all at once that they could actually just go ahead and get really
