“Sooooo glahhhh-dah we asked!” Thalia recalls yesterday’s conversation with Henny’s doctor. “Yes.” Nia appreciates an opportunity to share the veterinary clinic’s story. “Many layers of creativity — and connection.” Calliope smiles at the memory of a chicken winking at her from a hanging canvas. “A spoonful of sugar… helps the medicine go down.”
We're happy to report she is a lean, mean, healthy specimen of Labrador spirit and flesh.
A few years ago the clinic was remodeled. The new decor includes large canvas prints of animals. Absolutely captivating.
Yesterday we were in an exam room we never experienced before. I was eye-eye with a hedgehog, tortoise, lizard, and chicken. All the other rooms we've experienced have cats and dogs.
I asked the vet, "Where'd you guys get the canvases?"
"Oh, these are all pets of our employees. We had a photographer come in and photograph them on a Saturday. Some of them have crossed the rainbow bridge... which makes them extra special."
"Are your pets on the walls?"
"Actually...," she motions, "the hedgehog, now gone, was my daughter's. The tortoise is my son's. Our dogs and cat are in other rooms."
I think the doctor we saw yesterday was one of the original founders of the clinic. They've grown and have at least five doctors on staff.
I also asked about the clinic's jack-o-lantern display in a local park that hosts a Jack-o-Lantern Jaunt every October. The clinic's theme was Sesame Street and they had an Oscar the Grouch that popped in and out of a trash can. 😂
You know I’m one to - usually - proceed in an orderly manner. So I listened to you read from Wandering Words. That was delightful. Before I hiked back to this post I was dumbfounded! Once your reading ended, the voice of a different woman began reading another chapter from WW! The effect was like that of a warp in the Time-Space Continuum. 😳 My oldie iPhone has become glitchy with recent OS updates. To my knowledge, at least that updating hasn’t begun impersonating others! That I know of. AI perhaps???
I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you offered up author sidebar comments, which allowed me to decode the title of today’s LoveLetter. Perhaps an invitation to readers to do more than scratch the surface. 🐓 😉
You would be correct to guess that I searched both authors. I was unfamiliar with Frank Darabont’s work. His comment on cave art was 🎯.
While the name “Orson” rang a bell, my brain kept saying, “H.G.” for whatever reason. What struck me was that Orson’s reading of H.G. Welles’ “War of the Worlds,” not a movie, so moved the world. Indeed, Orson did enjoy a noteworthy career in films. Not bad for a lad from Kenosha. 😐
As has become my custom, you write up, I wake up, and receive a powerful dose of brain stimulants! Can’t thank you enough. 🙏🏽
Note: I had to go back and give a listen again. The mystery female voice never appeared again, but each new try found you reading another chapter of WW!
I well remember. For a while I think you read from BFN on weekends? I can only guess that migrating past works to SubStack could have tricked some electrons?🙃 The voice of an unrecognized female reading another BFN work is... a... a... an example of quantum physics! 😊
A note from LoveLetterist:
Henny had her annual check-up.
We're happy to report she is a lean, mean, healthy specimen of Labrador spirit and flesh.
A few years ago the clinic was remodeled. The new decor includes large canvas prints of animals. Absolutely captivating.
Yesterday we were in an exam room we never experienced before. I was eye-eye with a hedgehog, tortoise, lizard, and chicken. All the other rooms we've experienced have cats and dogs.
I asked the vet, "Where'd you guys get the canvases?"
"Oh, these are all pets of our employees. We had a photographer come in and photograph them on a Saturday. Some of them have crossed the rainbow bridge... which makes them extra special."
"Are your pets on the walls?"
"Actually...," she motions, "the hedgehog, now gone, was my daughter's. The tortoise is my son's. Our dogs and cat are in other rooms."
The whole idea of it made me feel... warm.
I’m thinking your vet is given to connecting. With both humans and animals. She knows how to stop and smell the roses. 😊
I think the doctor we saw yesterday was one of the original founders of the clinic. They've grown and have at least five doctors on staff.
I also asked about the clinic's jack-o-lantern display in a local park that hosts a Jack-o-Lantern Jaunt every October. The clinic's theme was Sesame Street and they had an Oscar the Grouch that popped in and out of a trash can. 😂
Truly community spirit.
You know I’m one to - usually - proceed in an orderly manner. So I listened to you read from Wandering Words. That was delightful. Before I hiked back to this post I was dumbfounded! Once your reading ended, the voice of a different woman began reading another chapter from WW! The effect was like that of a warp in the Time-Space Continuum. 😳 My oldie iPhone has become glitchy with recent OS updates. To my knowledge, at least that updating hasn’t begun impersonating others! That I know of. AI perhaps???
I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you offered up author sidebar comments, which allowed me to decode the title of today’s LoveLetter. Perhaps an invitation to readers to do more than scratch the surface. 🐓 😉
You would be correct to guess that I searched both authors. I was unfamiliar with Frank Darabont’s work. His comment on cave art was 🎯.
While the name “Orson” rang a bell, my brain kept saying, “H.G.” for whatever reason. What struck me was that Orson’s reading of H.G. Welles’ “War of the Worlds,” not a movie, so moved the world. Indeed, Orson did enjoy a noteworthy career in films. Not bad for a lad from Kenosha. 😐
As has become my custom, you write up, I wake up, and receive a powerful dose of brain stimulants! Can’t thank you enough. 🙏🏽
Well that's a mystery I don't have any clues for... 🤷🏻♀️ Maybe I have WW reading doppelgänger?
Thank you for your appreciation Gary!
Note: I had to go back and give a listen again. The mystery female voice never appeared again, but each new try found you reading another chapter of WW!
You knew I read them over on BFN, yes?
You left comments?
Now I’m wondering if I’ve fallen into Wonderland or the Twilight Zone. 🤔
I well remember. For a while I think you read from BFN on weekends? I can only guess that migrating past works to SubStack could have tricked some electrons?🙃 The voice of an unrecognized female reading another BFN work is... a... a... an example of quantum physics! 😊
🤔 I’ll take your word for it!