• Respect for a Squirrel

    I have a confession to make. Well two I guess. I don’t really like squirrels. But I have a lot of respect for one. I dislike most rodent-like or rodent animals. There are exceptions. I had a school friend who owned a large white rat and when I looked in to her pink eyes, I fell in love. She used to crawl up my leg, make a circle around my waist and then settle on my shoulder while resting her nose in my ear and fall asleep. Or more often than that, she would crawl in to my pocket and…