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Lucifer’s Story – Shed Happens

If you have been next Drop Comes about for a although, then you know that we welcomed a new family members member in July 2021. This sweet, snuggly minimal guy has been an awesome addition to our “pack”. But his lifestyle has not constantly been easy.

I don’t typically share own posts on in this article. Not that I am against them, it’s just not what I have created this blog to be.

On the other hand, I believe that Lucifer’s tale demands to be explained to.

There are numerous myths out there about rescue pets. They are generally referred to as ‘damaged’ or ‘undesirable’ by no fault of their personal. People today speak about them like they are someway ‘less than’ purebred pet dogs because they don’t have a pedigree.  

(Observe: I am not versus ethical and accountable breeding. What I am against is the backyard breeders and

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Happy Habitats Founder Story – House Of Petz

I am the CEO/Founder of Delighted Habitats.

In faculty, at Wake Forest College, I had an “emotional support” hamster named Mooksie (pictured to the suitable). He was my to start with pet and we ended up really near. As a compact pet proprietor, I discovered there were being lots of goods I wanted that did not exist. The modest pet community was often producing Do it yourself alternatives to complications they faced.

A person day, Mooksie and I have been hanging out alongside one another on the upper quad and I was chasing him in circles. Throughout the way I observed an upperclassman strolling her doggy. I considered to myself, “Why simply cannot you walk your hamster the way you stroll your pet?” This was the thought that introduced Pleased Habitats into being.

We incorporated October 29th, 2019 and haven’t looked back again since. Our motto is “Give Your

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Back in the Barn – A Touching Short Story for Cat Lovers

“Well hello there.”

Photo by Laurence Lagasse

There’s a lady looking down at me while I lie here curled up in this blue bin on her back porch.  She doesn’t realize at first glance that I’m badly injured.  I was hit by a car two days ago.

I look up and manage to purr a little, but now I’m dozing off again, wriggling to get comfortable in the bin while my mind drifts from present to past.

I was born a year ago, one of a litter of three.  Our mother was a barn cat who lived near here – or I think near here – I’ve lost track of how far I’ve traveled.

Mom worked hard to create a home for us in a box in the corner of the barn.  She played with us every day, and she’d let us venture as far from the box as our

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Flamingos, fisher cats, and hillbillies tell a colorful story of Manchester’s firehouses | City Matters





Engine 9 firefighters

Lt. Tom Defina, from left, and firefighters Kenny Wong and Jay Koslowski pose with the Engine 9 symbol on Calef Road in Manchester.




THERE HAS BEEN a lot of recent movement in the upper ranks for the Manchester Fire Department, including the departure of Fire Chief Dan Goonan.

Whenever that happens, a reshuffling takes place as people move up in rank. That means that several city firehouses saw new captains this year.

Captains run the firehouses. They work out schedules, make sure equipment and the building are maintained. And they address what may be the most far-reaching and sensitive issue of their tenure — the fire company patch.

Every MFD station has its own patch, and at least one has expanded into a mascot.

The emblem attempts to capture the setting, the psyche, the spirit of the firehouse, and the focus ranges from muscle-bound flamingos to cigar-chomping

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