“Barry Barometer here…reporting remotely for Marty News Network in the middle ob a blizzard. It’s really cold and the power might go out, so make sure you hab some room temperature snacks ready for the next few days. Crackers. Dry cereal. That one snack you don’t really like but will eat because it’s there. Do […]
What was in the box?? The crystal ducks came from a place Reuben would hab lubbed—long before they eber landed on his birffday table. They’re from a tiny riverside market tucked between cobblestones, where the air smells like sugar and warm bread and time mobes a little slower. A glassmaker there works at dawn, when […]
Yesterday Dougie brought ober a beautiful card and cake decoration his illustrator made for me, plus our friend Aimee brought me a present. I feel so lubbed, birffdays are pretty good, we should hab them more often! Fank you eberybody for making it such a special day!!
Fank you all so much for the birffday wishes!! Dis pamcake tower is so good, I wish you were all here and I would share it wiff you. I really would, but maybe mom would make me another one if you guys eated it all. …right, mom?
Reuben’s third birthday is kind ob a big deal. Not just a cupcake-and-candle situation, but a sit up straight, wear your best party hat, this matters kind ob moment. Reuben took his place at the table like a seasoned guest ob honor—calm, dignibied, paws politely resting near the cake. The whipped cream pamcake tower wiff […]
For Balentimes Day, Barry had decided he was done waiting for lub to magically find him. If lub was coming, it was going to hab to walk right up to his tiny wooden table and introduce itself properly. He’d spent all morning preparing. The gold “B” marquee light (borrowed) glowed behind him like he was […]
Eben after the final whistle blew and the last bet slip was torn in haff, Reuben remained at the desk, qwietly surbeying the aftermaff ob the biggest night ob the season. All around him: chaos. Crumbs. One berry confused intern asking why a rat was legally allowed to operate a betting enterprise. In front ob […]
The boys arribed at the Super Bowl absolutely thrilled, because eberyone had told them they were going to LIX and no one bothered to explain that it was a Roman numeral and not a promise ob unlimited licks. Barry had spent the entire flight practicing dramatic tongue stretches. Fish had packed fibe emergency napkins. Reuben […]
Reuben’s Super Bowl desk was buzzing — Super Bowl LX, where the Seattle Seahawks are fabored to beat the New England Patriots in a rematch of past championship glory. Seattle’s currently listed about 4.5-point faborites wiff the Patriots at longer odds, making this a classic faborite vs. underdog showdown. Will the Seahawks cober the spread? […]
Reuben peeked just ober the edge ob the table, staring at his cup ob hot chocolate like it was the most important appointment ob the day. “Eben tho it’s kinda hot outside,” he said, ears wiggling, “I was still finking I should hab some.” There had been so much chatter about hot chocolate — creamy, […]