Ouch!!

 I just looked at the title of last night's blog and I had written 'have a apple.'  Mrs. Wetter, my favorite high school English teacher would not be pleased.  Obviously it should be 'an apple' and I apologize for the error.  I hope it didn't upset anyone too much.  Mrs. Wetter was also my favorite French teacher and my favorite Head Librarian.  It was a very small school.  

And speaking of small things, my west coast brother has just informed me that March is "Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig Month" in case you're interested in adding a new pet to your household.  When my children were young we had, at one time or another, dogs, cats, mice and gerbils, but we never had Guinea pigs, so I'm no expert on the subject.  I have read the timeless classic "Pigs is Pigs" by American author Ellis Parker Butler.  If you haven't read it, you really should.  I think we read it in Mrs. Wetter's freshman English class.

I am intrigued by the whole idea of any kind of pigs as pets.  I've heard that they are very intelligent and I know they provide delicious meat.  But those are regular pigs.  When I was still selling real estate, I worked with a very nice family moving to Fort Wayne from California.  While they were still in California, they let me know what they needed in a home so I could have houses ready to show them when they arrived.  They, mom, dad, and two sons, were making the move a driving trip.  One thing high on their list was a neighborhood with covenants and restrictions that would allow Pot- bellied Pigs as pets.  This was not an easy chore.  While Pot-bellied pigs were, evidently, becoming very popular in California, they were not in fashion here in Fort Wayne, where most neighborhoods seemed to have the "pigs is pigs" mentality. Lucky for me, before they made the trip, they changed their minds and bought a dog. And a very sweet dog she was too.  They named her Lucy.