On Halloween night, nine year olds Gnar and Merry were out trick or treating in the neighborhood down the street from the Fall Fish Fry Festival. The screams from the carnival rides and haunted mazes whispered on the wind as they walked away from another house. It was the house that gives out rejected jelly beans every year. Gnar and Merry were already ripping into their share of jelly beans.

“O...

Tammy sits on a frumpy plaid couch from the 70s with her legs and arms crossed. Her hands buried in their long sleeves. Beside her is her husband Mark, sitting spread eagle with his arms crossed over his chest. Seated in front of them is a crusty faced elderly man dressed frumpier than the couch.

"So, what brings you both in today?" Dr. Bryan asked.

John and Jane looked at each other and then ba...

Merry is in the kitchen cooking seasoned rice to go with her dad’s main dish for dinner- garden stir fry. He calls it a garden stir fry because it’s always a random mix of whatever is ready to be harvested. Today it’s green squash, snap peas, onion, garlic, and beets. She has her friend over helping her out – Gnar, a nine year old tailypo creature who lives in the old mold house a short distance d...

Finding a way into tricky situations has never been a problem for me - although I still haven't learned the art of getting out of them. And today was no exception. Somehow, I managed to get myself stuck on a tree. No, not up a tree. Not in a tree. On a tree.

I'm a nine year old tailypo, you see. I have big round eyes, fox-like ears, and a nose that's always sniffing out trouble. My friends call m...

A few years ago, I started getting into reading about animal spiritual meanings. Power animals, animal totems, and the different cultural associations. I look them up whenever I come across a peculiar encounter or when I feel bombarded by them. There's so much information and differing beliefs to sift through, sometimes it's hard to discern which messages are meant for me.

These last few weeks I...