Month: March 2020

For a few minutes after the sudden departure of the Tyrex, a heavy silence reigned in the living room. Charles was inwardly cursing me, I was inwardly cursing Charles, and Jimmy was inwardly taking note of all the new and improbable curse words he had just heard. How I went from vexed and fatally wounded […]

You may be wondering, dear Reader, why I volunteered so eagerly to kidnap Jimmy. You see, as soon as I realized that they would kidnap him, with or without my benediction, I also comprehended, in a flash, that for Jimmy’s safety, it would be much better if I was to do it. The Tyrex and […]

A few days later, I was facing the black door of Charles’ lair.  I rang the old fashioned bell, bearing the usual offering of chips and wine in my arms, with some fruits for vitamins. The door creaked ominously, opened an inch, Charles’s beak peaked through and Charles whispered: “Password?” I had obviously forgotten all […]

Jimmy’s birthday was soon organized. Aunt Patricia was there, so was Maurice, and there was what, to my untrained eyes, looked like a swarm of kids of Jimmy’s age, hastily dropped off by apologetic parents. The thing only lasted a few hours, so I’m told, yet I’m quite definite those hours each had 60 hours […]

The walk in the slush with Muffin did nothing to alleviate my fears. She did look tired, and somehow sagging at the corners, and only vaguely resembled the energetic, joyful Muffin I was used to. Her vivacity was all wrong and sounded so fake it was heartbreaking. How did I not notice it before? That […]

February went by before we could say “freeze”, then March arrived and pretended it was January. I didn’t see Muffin much during those months, even though I knew she was still going to the Big Bad Gym 2 or 3 times a week, as she posted a very positive, hyper post on facebook every time […]