The Side Effects of Endorphins

I went to the grocery store the other day, and yes, I admit I stopped at the record store for 20 minutes as well, in human time about an hour.

Luna reacted like I was gone for a week. If I’m going to be an animal for a week, I just don’t have that level of naïveté.

But in reality you have that opportunity. As a young adult I read a lot of Richard Adam’s. Watership Down was a classic written from the viewpoint of an animal.

And then there was Plague Dogs. I read both of these books to our kids.

The story follows two dogs—Snitter, a gentle Fox Terrier left with severe neurological damage from experimental brain surgery, and Rowf, a cynical, battle-hardened Labrador mix repeatedly subjected to near-drowning tests. After managing to escape from a bleak government research facility in the Lake District of Great Britain, they struggle to survive in the wild.

It’s a tremendous book and I had our bookclub read it.

Everytime, I see an animal. If I can I stare deep into their eyes. I do have a connection with animals. I always have. I choose not to eat or exploit animals.

But for aw week, I would be our SkyCat. Her sense of adventure is amazing, and somehow I could figure out where she goes during the day.