bounced raze if you'd told me one day i'd have half a dozen different squirrels climbing me like a tree to be fed, i wouldn't have believed you. the ultimate compliment, i think, is when they use me as a platform to get from one place to another. that tells me they know i'm steadfast and sturdy. timothy, who i miss a lot, once sailed into the air to get away from another squirrel he thought had it in for him and landed right on top of my head, perfectly poised. jaws jumped without warning one morning and let my chest feel all the strength in his legs. but charlene changed the game today. she was about to take a treat from my hand at eye level when she sensed hans creeping up behind her. before i could process what was happening, she flew into my face and found a way to bounce feet-first off of my right cheek without even a whisper of claw scraping my skin. then she looked up at me from the ground as if to say, "pretty neat, huh?" 250423 what's it to you? who go blather from