Fighting the Bug

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~Proverb

I Monkey here.

As a rule, Mama is pretty healthy. She takes extra-good care of herself, doing all those things humans are supposed to do — eat right, get enough sleep, exercise, avoid crowds of people coughing.

So it’s a Big Deal when she finally takes sick.

Especially when I Monkey am by nature so needy and, shall we say, anxious for her full attention.

All the time.

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Monkey Fights “The Itchies”

Our downfall as a species is that we are arrogant enough to think that we can control Mother Nature and stupid enough to think it is our job. ~Greg Peterson, 1997, urbanfarm.org

I Monkey here.

Don’t you think not-even-four is too young to be going bald?

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