Tag: Thornton W. Burgess

Animal Dreams: Animal Therapy and Terminal Cancer

Animal Dreams: Animal Therapy and Terminal Cancer   When I was a small child, I had the gooiest of soft spots for all animal creatures, fictional or otherwise. Every night before bed, my dad would read me a story featuring the little forest and meadow people of Thornton W. Burgess, including Grandfather Frog, Jimmy Skunk,..

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Chipmunks from a Georgetown childhood and my wife as a chipmunk today

Chipmunks from a Georgetown childhood and my wife as a chipmunk today   As I’ve written elsewhere, when I was a small child growing up in Georgetown, Ontario, I had the gooiest of soft spots for all animal creatures, fictional or otherwise. Every night before bed, my dad would read me a story featuring the..

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Reigning cats…and dogs

Reigning cats…and dogs When I was a small child, I had the gooiest of soft spots for all animal creatures, fictional or otherwise. Every night before bed, my dad would read me a story featuring the little forest and meadow people of Thornton W. Burgess, including Grandfather Frog, Jimmy Skunk, Johnny Chuck, Jerry Muskrat, Paddy..

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