Duncan Having It All When I started working from home in Year of Our Lord Cher Two Thousand and Twenty, I thought it would be temporary. You see, there was a pandemic that started
Louie A New Gate I'm not sure if I've ever shared Duncan's birth story here. Maybe it's all felt too sacred to write out. Basically an
Skylar The Gym Trainer Louie has been doing this thing lately where he groans any time my alarm goes off in the morning. It's not a growl. It's not a
Duncan Canine Plague Ten days ago we abandoned our responsibilities (dogs) to venture south for the St. George half Ironman race. We left Duncan and Louie with two different friends because we'
Duncan Boarding When an angel with a flaming sword appeared and commanded me to take in a second dog, there was honestly nothing I could do. I went to Duncan and tried
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
