<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Animal rescue @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 grerp.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle>(Animal rescue) </subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-15T17:42:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/read/animal_rescue.rss"/><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-11-08:links.412058383</id><title>Long/Busy week, and it&apos;s only Wednesday</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/longbusy_week_and_its_only_wednesday.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been blog incommunicado this week, and here&#39;s some reasons why:The STL&#39;s.&nbsp; They always kill at least two days&#39; worth of free time for me. Veronica Mars, Season 3 on DVD.&nbsp; Got this Saturday during an unplanned trip to Ta]]></content><dc:subject>veronica mars</dc:subject><dc:subject>strays</dc:subject><dc:subject>russian adoption</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/longbusy_week_and_its_only_wednesday.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-11-08T01:59:00Z</updated><published>2007-11-08T01:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-10-25:links.412054146</id><title>There has to be a special place in Hell for...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/there_has_to_be_a_special_place_in_hell_for.htm"><![CDATA[...people who abuse animals and children.&nbsp; Today I found out what the deal with Bandit, the American Staffordshire Terrier who has been at the Humane Society since last May.&nbsp; It turns out that his &quot;rough start&quot; was really and trul]]></content><dc:subject>humane society</dc:subject><dc:subject>animal cruelty</dc:subject><dc:subject>dogs</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/there_has_to_be_a_special_place_in_hell_for.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-10-25T19:44:00Z</updated><published>2007-10-25T19:44:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-09-04:links.412037326</id><title>Okay, I lied</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/okay_i_lied.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m not going to be able to finish the Jennifer Crusie author profile this week.&nbsp; I need to read at least one more of hers to nail down themes.&nbsp; I will be posting one for Rachel Gibson, however, very soon.For my penance, I&#39;m uploadi]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/okay_i_lied.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-09-04T02:57:00Z</updated><published>2007-09-04T02:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-08-10:links.412029062</id><title>Paraplegic squirrel and other depressing bits</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/paraplegic_squirrel_and_other_depressing_bits.htm"><![CDATA[On my walk with Rosie this morning I found a paraplegic squirrel.&nbsp; Depressed the crap out of me.&nbsp; He was hauling his body around by his front feet alone.&nbsp; I looked him over and other than a fleck of blood by his eye, he looked fine, no]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/paraplegic_squirrel_and_other_depressing_bits.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-08-10T02:08:00Z</updated><published>2007-08-10T02:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2007-05-11:links.411994664</id><title>Baby chipmunks</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/baby_chipmunks.htm"><![CDATA[There were baby chipmunks in our backyard today.&nbsp; Rosie got one of them and did some damage.&nbsp; &nbsp; Max pointed its poor little mangled form out to me, and I went into animal rescue mode.&nbsp;&nbsp; At first I thought he was probably too]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/baby_chipmunks.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2007-05-11T18:06:00Z</updated><published>2007-05-11T18:06:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-11-03:links.411851642</id><title>RIP Cornelius</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/rip_cornelius.htm"><![CDATA[Tonight we were walking, and I saw a possum dead in the road about Corny&#39;s size.&nbsp; So now I&#39;m feeling sad.&nbsp; And, frankly, pissed that someone barreled down Comstock St. and killed him.&nbsp; This is what I get for becoming too attach]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/rip_cornelius.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-11-03T02:37:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-03T02:37:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-11-02:links.411850564</id><title>Possum dead in the road</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/possum_dead_in_the_road.htm"><![CDATA[While Max, Rosie and I were out taking our daily constitutional this afternoon, I saw that a possum had been hit by a car on our road about a 4 minute walk from our house.&nbsp; My heart seized.&nbsp; I forced myself to look to see if it was Corny.&n]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/possum_dead_in_the_road.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-11-02T03:49:00Z</updated><published>2006-11-02T03:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-09-11:links.411800902</id><title>Rosie was mixin&apos; it up...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/rosie_was_mixin_it_up.htm"><![CDATA[...with Cornelius.  Just a few minutes ago I asked J. to let Rosie out for the night.  A moment later he comes and tells me he thinks our possum friend is toast.  So I rush out, get the little guy in a box and bring him in to look him over.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/rosie_was_mixin_it_up.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-09-11T04:03:00Z</updated><published>2006-09-11T04:03:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-08-29:links.411798635</id><title>Cornelius has left the building</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/cornelius_has_left_the_building.htm"><![CDATA[After 3 days of overnighting it in our garage, my little possum friend moved on.  I don't think he appreciated my trying to befriend him.  The info I read on possums said that they were solitary, and I guess that is the case...]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/cornelius_has_left_the_building.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-08-29T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-08-29T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-08-24:links.411799359</id><title>New possum home: our garage</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_possum_home_our_garage.htm"><![CDATA[We now have a little friend occupying the garage.  The other day I went to pull out the mulch bags as our daylillies are now sparse enough to mulch, and - small gasp - there was the little opossum I'd discovered earlier this summer in our co]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_possum_home_our_garage.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-08-24T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-08-24T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-07-20:links.411799373</id><title>Lost dog...found</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/lost_dogfound.htm"><![CDATA[Yesterday, about 5:30 PM, I found this little miniature schnauzer girl across the (very busy) street from my house. She was drinking water from a puddle and cars were slowing down so as not to hit her. I walked up to her and she let me pick her up. S]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/lost_dogfound.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-07-20T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-07-20T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2006-06-27:links.411799361</id><title>Make Way for Ducklings</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/make_way_for_ducklings.htm"><![CDATA[Our neighbor found some ducklings in his yard today. The mother had gone off in a panic with three of her little guys and left these behind. Max found them very intriguing.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/make_way_for_ducklings.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2006-06-27T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2006-06-27T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2005-08-28:links.411805593</id><title>Another animal found</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/another_animal_found.htm"><![CDATA[There must be something about me that attracts - or is attracted to - wounded animals. Earlier this summer it was a small baby bird that I found in the street, removed with nest to my tree and hope made it out of there alive (I saw it hopping around]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/another_animal_found.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2005-08-28T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2005-08-28T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2004-08-24:links.411863087</id><title>Chipmunk</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/chipmunk.htm"><![CDATA[Yesterday Rosie and I were out enjoying the (for once!) nice summer weather. I noticed she was sniffing something and I leaned down to peer at it. It was a very young chipmunk, and I thought it was dead until I saw the teeny tiny breaths that it was]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/chipmunk.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2004-08-24T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2004-08-24T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2004-01-11:links.411832980</id><title>Problems with a neighbor</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/problems_with_a_neighbor.htm"><![CDATA[The man who lives two doors down from us is quite old, very likely in his eighties (he told us he built the house and it was built the same year as ours - 1947). Up until a couple of years ago, he seemed very together. His lawn was always mowed, he s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/problems_with_a_neighbor.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2004-01-11T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2004-01-11T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2003-09-06:links.411813182</id><title>Nice day off</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/nice_day_off.htm"><![CDATA[I didn&#39;t work today as I have to work Saturday :(It was a nice sunny day and very relaxing.  I woke up early after going to be early last night out of exhaustion.  I read A Girl&#39;s Best Friend by Elizabeth Young. She has a consistently nice Ch]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/nice_day_off.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2003-09-06T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2003-09-06T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2003-08-08:links.411808850</id><title>Raccoon</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/raccoon.htm"><![CDATA[This morning I took the Rosemeister for a walk, and right there on our front lawn was a wounded raccoon. It was breathing, and there wasn't anything obviously wrong with it, but it didn't move when Rosie lunged for it, so clearly something ba]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/raccoon.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2003-08-08T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2003-08-08T04:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:grerp.blog-city.com,2003-08-08:links.411808848</id><title>Raccoon still there</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://grerp.blog-city.com/raccoon_still_there.htm"><![CDATA[I got home from work expecting that the raccoon would be either dead or long gone. But it wasn't. It was still laying there...breathing. My neighbor had called the Blandford Nature Center, but they hadn't returned her call. We sat together an]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://grerp.blog-city.com/raccoon_still_there.htm"/><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><author><name>AAR Rachel</name></author><updated>2003-08-08T04:59:00Z</updated><published>2003-08-08T04:59:00Z</published></entry></feed>