Sod Poodles

To my great relief, I did a little research and discovered that prairie dogs do hibernate. That explains their absence from the median strip at the bottom of the hill. Their condo — I think it's too small to call a town — is in the divider between the highway into town and the little road that leads to our place. This also explains why they weren't out at Jackalope when Monica and D— were there last week.

So, until the spring, we have to make do with P. Dawg, the mascot for the Santa Fe New Mexican's poll for favorite teen spots in town.


Unfortunately, no illustration credit given in the paper

(Yeah, we got a scanner. Some brief research revealed that we more than paid for one with all the scans at Kinkos these past few months).