Tag Archives: Pets

Serendipity And The Bunny That Nobody Wanted

Posted on October 21, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

Most of you, I’m sure, have heard the joke about the horse walking into a bar and the bar tender asks: “So why the long face?” But I bet you haven’t heard this one: Three people walk into a store … Continue reading →

Posted in Flash Fiction, Pets, Weekly Pet Challenge, Writing | Tagged 99 Word Flash Fiction, Blogging Community, C S Lewis, cats, J R R Tolkien, Pet Rabbits, Pets, Serendipity, Weekly Pet Share, writing, Writing Community | 95 Comments

Five Photos, Five Stories Challenge Day Four: German Shepherds And Guy The Gorilla

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Sherri Matthews

One day when I was little, I remember walking with my mother across the road to the mushroom farm to buy goat’s milk for our Siamese cats. This was nothing new, but on this particular day two huge dogs appeared … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Pets, Photo/Story Challenges, Suffolk Tales | Tagged Childhood memories, Dog Bite, Dog Training, Dogs, Five Photo Five Stories Challenge, German Shepherd Dog, Guy The Gorilla, London Zoo, MG Sports Car, Pets, Suffolk | 78 Comments

A Merciful Interview: Bite Size Memoir

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

Money is on my mind. Not so much because Christmas is fast approaching, but because of my disgust at the way the media whipped us up into a frenzy of Black Friday shopping last week. Watching the news that night, … Continue reading →

Posted in Bite Size Memoir, Family Memoirs, Pets | Tagged Bite Size Memoir, Black Friday, Dogs, Family Life, Family Memoirs, hope, Interviews, Mercy, Money, Musings, Pets | 119 Comments

The Sad Demise of Charles P. Snake

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Sherri Matthews

We thought we had a poltergeist in our home a few years ago. My aspie daughter (lover of all creatures bright and beautiful and the more unusual the better) had wanted to own a pet snake ever since she was … Continue reading →

Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Family Life, Pets | Tagged African Land Snail, Asperger's Syndrome, Corn Snake, Exotic Pets, Family Life, Ghost Corn Snake, Loss of a Pet, Pet Ownership, Pet Rats, Pets, Supernatural | 73 Comments

Alas, Poor Eric, I knew Him Well

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Poor Eric the hamster has gone, flown off to Hamster Heaven he has. I didn’t think he looked very good a couple of nights ago, not very lively. Having owned several hamsters over the years, we can always tell when … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Family Life, Humour, Pets | Tagged Childhood memories, Eric Sykes, Family Life, Heaven, Humour, Japanese Anime, Japanese Manga, Jurassic Park, Lemmy, Loss of Pet, Motorhead, Pet Hamster, Pet Rat, Pets, Raptor, Rodents, sadness | 26 Comments

The Love of Animals and Asperger’s Syndrome

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

My daughter (now 21) has always been obsessed with animals and has never known a time in her life when she hasn’t had pets. She, together with her two brothers, grew up with two Labrador dogs, an array of moggies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, CATalogue, Family Life | Tagged Asperger syndrome, Autism, cats, depression, Dogs, Liane Holliday Willey, Pets, Rejection, social anxiety, Stress, Temple Grandin, Tony Attwood | 116 Comments

No More Puppy & Kitten Farming

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Pets, animals, birds of all kinds, you name it. I write about them often as you well know, as a subject very dear and close to my heart. Therefore, if you would just allow me a brief moment to share … Continue reading →

Posted in CATalogue, Current Affairs, Pets, Uncategorized | Tagged Animal cruelty, Animal Farming, Campaign, cats, Dogs, kittens, Marc The Vet, Petition, Pets, Puppies | 8 Comments

Birds of a Feather & All That

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

As much as I love birds, particularly my Sweet Robin (yes, I am still completely obsessed with him), I prefer them as wildlife, outside, not inside as pets. This is primarily because I have a real phobia of anything that … Continue reading →

Posted in Birds of a Feather, Family Life, Nature & Wildlife, Sweet Robin | Tagged Alfred Hitchock, bird food, birds, cats, Family Life, Humour, Pets, Phobias, robins, starlings, story telling, The Birds, White Cockatiels, zebra finches | 8 Comments

Chocolate Pudding

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

We have a joke, my Aspie daughter and I. When things get too much and she observes that peculiar glazed look I get in my eyes matching only the heaviness of my heart, she asks: “Have you lost control of … Continue reading →

Posted in Asperger's Syndrome, Family Life | Tagged Asperger's Syndrome, Autisim, Carers, Children's Cartoons, daughters, lovebird, mothers, Pets, Rugrats | 13 Comments

Our Dog Ate The Easter Eggs and The Empty Tomb

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Sherri Matthews

Oh happy day! I have just had my boys home for a couple of days it being a long weekend for Easter and so I had all three of my baby chicks back in the nest once again! How lovely … Continue reading →