Oh my dear lord.

In what I can only call a complete upset of whatever my expectations were originally, Theresa and Paul Kodama have submitted the first-ever photo of CHICKENS reading my book. 

This development comes after last week’s podcast, during which I reversed my “no birds” policy in regards to photos of pets posing with my stuff. Despite detractors who believe, as I do, that birds are dinosaurs, I felt it was fair to give them a chance. I expected—-well, what did I expect? Parrots? Cockatiels? Canaries? A menagerie reminiscent of Heidi Fleiss’s flock? I am not sure. I guess I know that I did not expect chick-unns. But here they be!

Thank you, Theresa & Paul for making pet photo history with this indelible image. And for those of you who are curious, these hot hens are named Gloria, Henny Penny and Pot Pie. Welcome to the family, guys!

Shannon Hickey has a new cat! Her name is Freyja and she’s stunning, even in profile. Here she is acclimating to her new environs with the help of my loud, Jewish voice.

OMGGGGGG

Here is Raymond, who is described by his roommate, David Schlitt, as a “wonderful shelter pup who loves to dance.” I love the confidence in his first photo and the ribald, cheesecake nature of his second pose. THIS DOG!!!!

Thanks for bearing with me as I change Tumblr overnight into “Your Dashboard full of pets next to Julie Klausner things,” but I am realizing I have an archive of these treasures in my inbox that I haven’t posted since Smiley passed, and publishing these is giving me a lot of joy. 

This is “Spike the Elderly Pomeranian” listening to HWYW. Dexter Beasley from Colorado sent me this photo and I’m awfully glad he did.

OMG, Robert O’Neill’s cat is named Precious and she likes my book. I can’t even with this news.