How's Matilda?
Sobbing.
No. And yes. It's always sudden.
Tara ,'Storyteller'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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DavidS - Jul 05, 2022 10:36:06 am PDT #16100 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dana - Jul 05, 2022 10:37:25 am PDT #16101 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I'm sorry, David.
Steph L. - Jul 05, 2022 10:37:26 am PDT #16102 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Awww, it's so rough to let go of a pet.
-t - Jul 05, 2022 10:53:54 am PDT #16103 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I'm so sorry about Marcie. Poor pigs and family.
Jesse - Jul 05, 2022 11:01:00 am PDT #16104 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So sorry, Zmayhems.
DavidS - Jul 05, 2022 11:02:07 am PDT #16105 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Prubs groomed Marcie for a bit. Then we put Marcie in the carrier. We'll find a corner for her in our new back yard.
JenP - Jul 05, 2022 11:34:00 am PDT #16106 of 30000
Oh, David, JZ, and Matilda, I am so sorry. And Prubs, I'm sorry for Prubs, too. Love to you all.
EpicTangent - Jul 05, 2022 11:40:26 am PDT #16107 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
I'm so sorry, Zmayhems. It's so hard.
DavidS - Jul 05, 2022 11:53:38 am PDT #16108 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I have a headache from crying.
Matilda has gone to earth in the garden apartment, probably back in bed and sorrowful. She always called Marcie, "My love." It was Marcie she picked originally and Prubs, the runt got scooped up after.
When Matilda held Marcie she liked to run up Matilda's shoulder and hide her face under Matilda's hair.
Guinea Pigs are weird. They're so dumb, but they still have such distinct personalities. Prubs is much more social, and came to the front of the cage eagerly to eat from your hand. Marcie was very grumpy about being picked up and chuddered with annoyance any time her butt got touched.
But Marcie was the one I'd hold on my shoulder in my old nerdhole, with the back door open. Marcie would lift her nose to the breeze and seemed rapt with the smells of the outside world. Prubs had no such interest.
And Marcie was a rare Guinea Pig who chirped and sang. I caught it on video a few times. Very pretty like birdsong. I think she sang out of longing for a mate that would never come. She was a very pretty pig, fat and glossy. Genuinely rather elegant (despite one eye that was slightly cocked and always looked alarmed).
She was a fussy, grumpy, elegant pig who sang with longing and yearned for the world. And she felt safe hidden under Matilda's hair.
I found a shovel in the back yard and found a corner I could dig up. JZ found a pretty bit of fabric to wrap her in. We'll place a flat rock over her grave and paint her name on it.
-t - Jul 05, 2022 12:06:32 pm PDT #16109 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is a sweet eulogy.