The Formosan Has New Clothes

Mr. Wild Dingo and I took a walk into Morges on Sunday evening at sunset. It was bitter cold so we tried out Loki’s new coat. It was fairly easy to put on him, and he seemed happy enough to wear it, until it was time to go on the walk. He refused to leave [...]

 
A Post About Nothing

As long time readers know, this fall, I introduced the cracker and the criminal to farm animals. The Swiss love to move their animals around  to different locations for grazing so it’s always a surprise to come across a herd of goats and donkeys or bulls in a place that’s always been empty. “Princess, LOOK [...]

 
Encore Une Fois Smackdown Sibérie: Dans La Neige

Since we moved to Switzerland, pack dynamics have changed a bit. Juno’s hips have gotten a bit worse and she isn’t as likely to play rough with Loki anymore. I’m sure it bums out Loki not to have a really rough tumble anymore.  Still, he’s bit of an idiot bully with her and tends to push her [...]

 
WTF? Where is Our Snow?

“WTF? Something is seriously wrong here.”

 
Eight Little Lessons

Living in Switzerland has been extremely educational for Mr. Wild Dingo and I.  Unfortunately, our education is not about French or German. It’s not about skiing or alpine walking. It’s not even about the diverse Swiss history. Our education is much more profound than all of that. On Saturday, we started out with a laundry list of small [...]

 
Look Who's Cracker Now

Rarely, do I ever catch Juno looking like or acting like a goofball, or worse, cracker. She’s much too sly for the camera to catch her looking less than perfect. But every now and then, I’m able to catch her behaving just as cracked out as Loki, who is pretty much cracker whenever he’s not [...]

 
CH is for CHaussures

Look what came in the post today: “Hm. More Roman History books. I wonder if they taste better than the other Italian book I had for dinner last week?” Ah! A few necessities arrived from the States. More Roman books for Mr. Wild Dingo, a few American/English-speaking movie DVDs and …

 
Everything's Just Dandy

Last week, our Sea Shipment arrived. No, we didn’t get a truckload of lobsters. It was the rest of our furniture. We were told it could be up to 12 weeks before we saw even a delivery date. Happily, it arrived in customs at 5 weeks but we couldn’t receive it right away because Mr. Wild [...]

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Guess What?

Our fence is in! And not a moment too soon. It went in last week a day before Mr. Wild Dingo and I started our Cultural Training Program.  “Come again,” you ask? Yes, that’s right. Mr. Wild Dingo and I don’t got no culture and we don’t got no class. So we had to hire [...]

 
Mother Nature’s Long Hot Flash

What’s up with the Nor Cal fires? They keep popping up right after another. Maybe a better use of all California’s water resources would be for all of Nor Cal car owners to get their cars washed immediately, all at once. Maybe, just maybe, Mother Nature could be spited right into an immediate down pour [...]