Welcome to Striped Skunks Part II – if you missed Part I – go catch up now!
Let’s kick this off with a reminder that skunks will let you know if they feel threatened first by facing you, arching their back, raising their tail and stomping with their front feet. They may also go into a handstand as they stomp and back away.
We’ll title this week’s Rogue, “Cri learns about the Universal Cat Distribution System.”
The system has been around since we were domesticated by cats (you didn’t think it was the other way around, did you?) give or take 9,500 years ago.
In our last episode, my oldest daughter, youngest son, their spouses and respective daughters were stranded in Sacramento due to their flight being cancelled while I was already en route to the Big Apple on an overnight flight that got me their around 6 a.m.
Welcome to “Video Games Set in Oregon” Pt. II – catch up on Pt. I if you need to.
Now let’s take a look at a handful of other video games set in Oregon. We’ve picked a wide range of game types from action adventure to episodic adventure to walking games to hidden object adventure to just plain adventure, platform, seek and find and puzzles.
I remember the first time my sister told me about the fritillarias around Trail where she lived. I had only seen the cultivated species, mainly Fritillaria imperialis, the Crown Imperial Fritillaria. I fact that I still remember today is the remarkable fetid odor, worse that skunk spray.
August 27, 1964 On the north side of Sanger Peak a little newly-budded wildplant is probably wondering what has become of me. Last Wednesday I had an appointment with the unfamiliar-looking little rascal, which had just emerged from under the snow when I saw it…
This week we’ll revisit an adorable little stinker, the striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis).
Lately I’ve had nightly and early morning visits to my yard by an adorable (from an appropriate distance) striped skunk. Twice I’ve seen them dash under my equipment shed when startled (sans spraying!) and I wondered if they’re living there.
I suppose it was inevitable…
I’m getting ahead of myself. Let me back up to Monday, Aug. 10.
Despite the fact I was on deadline for the Aug. 13 edition, so working head down, full steam ahead, I did notice Kiff was fussing with her paw.
Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men.
August 15 was the beginning of my one-week adventure in Connecticut and the fact I am writing this from the east coast is proof I made it happen, but not without the usual unforeseen complications. It began right off the bat upon my arrival at the Medford airport.