photo by E.J.
March 29, 2026
Willow is the elder animal in this home.  She is getting ready to enter a new realm



 


I went up to visit EJ and Diane today and hang out with the animals.  I really miss having them around.  I had two ideas for story collections today, the first one was your most favorite blanket and the other was your favorite pet.    

In some ways I think my favorite pet was Goldie Whiton.  I was given 4 goldfish at some point around the age of 7.  Goldie was one of those 4.  He survived a tremendous amount of change and movement for a goldfish.  And I think he was a single fish in his bowl, which I still have, for years. But he was entirely interactive with the humans in the house and everyone said hi and tapped the glass and talked to him.  He followed us all around whatever room he was placed in.  

Every once in a while a cat would sweep him out of his bowl.  Once Mike took an eye dropper and gave him CPR in his gills.  He moved to 3 different houses with us and was buried on Chestnut in our pet cemetery in the back, all of attending the funeral.  It must have been after I went to Marlboro.  So he was about 15 when he passed.  



Willow is around the same age.  She's a dignified old lady now.  EJ is definitely her human, but he is Momiji's too.  EJ's relationships with the animals is pretty wonderful to be around.  And if I were a little less delicate at the moment I would have had him in my arms while they were in his.   
As for the favorite blanket, I have a couple of those, too.

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