“PROBABLY HUMAN”: Music that Got Us Through 2020

December 2020

“PROBABLY HUMAN”: Music that Got Us Through 2020

2020 has been a rough year for everyone. The times may have changed, but music has continued to be there alongside us throughout it all, offering companionship when we are lonely,...

Alynda Segarra, Craig Oubre, Dominic Minix, Emily McWilliams, Hunter King, Khris Royal, R. Scully, Ruy De Magalhães, William Archambeault

May 2013

Paw Talk: Stuffed Animals

For those of us whose pets are unquestionably family, the grieving process does not exclude them when they pass. People grieve their deceased pets in many ways: honoring their...

Emily McWilliams

April 2013

Paw Talk: Heads on Walls

When I was a kid, touching the soft hair of a mounted deer head in someone’s house or, better yet, on the wall of some diner on a family road trip, always felt strange. I knew...

Emily McWilliams

March 2013

Paw Talk: Pets vs. Plants

March is a perfect time for South Louisianians to start gardening. Down here, we don’t have to wait for the snow to melt and dissipate. In fact, since a deep freeze does not...

Emily McWilliams

February 2013

Paw Talk: Interspecies Love Song

One thing was certain: the raccoons living under my house and in the backyard tree were not friends with the cats in the neighborhood. One night, in the early morning hours while...

Emily McWilliams

January 2013

Paw Talk: Tame Your Wild Cat

Anyone who has moved with a feline friend knows this: cats despise change. Many do not adjust well to a new setting and it takes their owners extra effort to familiarize them with...

Emily McWilliams

December 2012

Paw Talk: City Chicken Edition

They waddle. They don’t necessarily like you. They produce large quantities of excrement. For many of us, chickens are just funny-looking creatures who peck, make strange noises...

Emily McWilliams

November 2012

Paw Talk: Active Cats are Happy Cats

When an indoor cat is screaming and clawing at the windows, I immediately think of prison: the window as a jail cell, constricting the feline’s innate need to roam, the cat a...

Emily McWilliams

August 2012

Paw Talk: The Good, The Bad and The Squeaky

Picture it: the frayed rope toy in between you and your dog. You’re pulling; your dog is pulling, both of you growling. Your dog accidentally loses bite and quickly pops back,...

Emily McWilliams

July 2012

Paw Talk: Heatwaves and Hurricanes

Henry Pit Bull is a regular at training class in Harahan at the Abadie Vet parking lot; just a few weeks ago, as we were heeling in a circle, he started slowing down, far more...

Emily McWilliams

June 2012

Paw Talk: Cats Are Assholes

It’s been about twelve hours since she was bitten. Dr. E lies in the back of a van, slowly waking to the thick, incessant throbbing in her right arm. Her body is prickly with...

Emily McWilliams

April 2012

Paw Talk: Lost and Found

Arriving home after a ten-hour drive from Robbinsville, North Carolina, my house only partially feels like home. B and his band are touring Europe and Henry Dog is still in...

Emily McWilliams