The Parents were gone for 24 hours. They went roaring out of the house in the middle of the night on Friday, and came back after one a.m. on Saturday – I mean Sunday morning.
The bird gets confused with the humans whole “time” thing. For me, it is morning, then it is afternoon, then it [...]
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The Bird Has Been Traumatized
Posted in Animals, Humor, Music, Photos, books, crow, family, tagged adventures, Animals, birds, cats, Chashama Film festival, confusion, crow, family, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, New York, Tomas Hradcky, writing on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And WHEN is Summer going to LEAVE??
Posted in Animals, Humor, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, Photos, crow, family, tagged adventures, August 15th, birds, crabby, cranky, crow, humidity, Life, love, molting, Robert De Niro, summer heat on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Summer is hard everywhere. My birthday is August 15th – when I try to find compassion, sympathy and understanding for my mother, what caused her to hate and abuse me, I figure she was not in the greatest spirits because she was in her last tri-mester in Summer, and flung me out in the dog [...]
Once upon a Tyme…….
Posted in Animals, Bill Mahan, Death, Humor, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, Photos, books, family, writing, tagged Bill Mahan, ESL, hitchhicking, John and Lisa Adair, July in Los Angeles, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, Ojai, rabbit, To kill a mockingbird, Tomas Hradcky independent film composer on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There was a rabbit. He was running around in Koreatown, Los Angeles, where I was teaching English as as Second Language.
It was July 9th, ten months after my father, Bill Mahan, died. July 9th happened to be Bill’s birthday.
I saw all of the students, of every level, yelling in their native language and running around [...]
Robert the Crow Nearly Died
Posted in Animals, Humor, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, Photos, Politics, crow, family, writing, tagged photo, porn, Sarah Palin on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
He was hopping around, when he saw this on my laptop.
It takes a mighty storm to scare Robert. I really have to stop with having certain politicians so easily accessible to my kids. Hide them in the porn closet, I guess.
The Bird Enjoyed North Platte.
Posted in Animals, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, family, writing, tagged cats, cross country trip, crow, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, motels, Nebraska, North Platte, summertime, Tomas Hradcky, writing on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Arriving just in time for dinner.
One would not think it was possible to transport two cats and a crow across country, but I have to say, The Bob behaved better than most peoples human children. How many crows can say they stayed in seven motels and drove through ten states in the dead heat [...]
Okay, Mrs. C., I Feel You Laughing.
Posted in Death, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, family, holidays, writing, tagged angry, coccidioidomycosis, Dr. Marjorie Carpenter., malaria, old age, sad on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I started a post on my old friend and employer, Mrs. C, full name – Dr. Marjorie Carpenter, and managed to accidentally delete it. Twice. I have a feeling I was being too maudlin, and her ghost would have none of that.
Where to start? She was unique in her wrath and tenacity, long after it [...]
New Years Eve
Posted in Animals, Humor, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, Politics, family, holidays, tagged crows, Deer, Dexter, food, luck, new administration, New Year, snow on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So far, it is a perfect New Years Eve day. It is snowing, the indoor animals are curled up by the radiators, the outdoor wildlife are burning through food faster than I can put it out, and tomorrow we are driving an hour up the state to eat a slow roasted pork with sauerkraut (for [...]
Christmas Eve
Posted in Humor, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, family, holidays, writing, tagged Christmas, elves, fiction, morning, reality, storytelling on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am not really much of a Christmas Person. This is not set in stone, it does not define who I am or am not, it is just an overall generalization.
The Holiday season seems to rouse otherwise dormant little elves who come bearing gifts of “what could have” and “what might have been”. They are [...]
Thanksgiving At The William’s House.
Posted in Humor, Kelly Mahan Jaramillo, Music, family, holidays, tagged birthdays, Black Sabbath, holidays, homemade wine, Jolene Williams, pumpkin pie, Ross Williams, Sean Williams, stuffing, Thanksgiving, turkey on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It is long past Thanksgiving, so I am behind on posting the pictures, but it got a little bit crazy over here right after Thanksgiving, a lot of things happened at once, and we are still trying to prioritize.
BUT – here are a few glimpses of Thanksgiving Day at Ross and Jolene’s house. Tomas was [...]
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