Need a home remedy?–Comical pets can fix what bothers ya!

By Nellie Curtiss …. Everybody needs some comedy sometime. And my home has its share!  I used to house a cockatiel named Pretty Bird whose personality was LOUD.  He was my alarm clock when the sun rose over the Sangres.  All day, he’d watch neighborhood birds flirt outside the window; sometimes he tickled his beakContinue reading “Need a home remedy?–Comical pets can fix what bothers ya!”

How to meet ADA Service Animal requirements

By Nellie Curtiss …. Friends, colleagues, medical staff, and strangers sometimes stop me with my service animal/dog and ask how one trains and gets a service animal certified. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), no certification is required from the government. The main requirement is that the animal must be under control andContinue reading “How to meet ADA Service Animal requirements”

Kaleidoscope of crazy cats

by Nellie Curtiss …. Whiney Winnie, with a head too small for his body, was last seen January 19 after temperatures plunged to below zero. The gauge read 7 degrees at 5 a.m. At six years old Whiney Winnie, one of four orangish semi-feral cats feeding on my back deck, still chased me from roomContinue reading “Kaleidoscope of crazy cats”