Ziggy before & after

James has been finishing his dissertation, and with me it's been one Glitter Emergency emergency after another. Certain household chores have been neglected, like grooming the dog.

This became intolerable after two people in one week shared their opinion that Ziggy was getting fat.

A few days ago Ziggy's Andis Easy Clip Clipper Kit arrived in the mail and last night, while James was preparing to be in Kevin Clarke's completely amazing Space Oddity number at Trannyshack, I put Ziggy on the kitchen table and gave him a haircut.

Tedious people in drab surrondings: fall collection

When people ask me why I spend two weeks in the backwoods of the American South once or twice a year, and what I do there, I tell them: