Strange Country Readers: always and forever you know we are here for you, especially in this time of universal sadness. But sadly you cannot pet us. Actually it is better that way- can you imagine? Don’t. Instead we suggest the importance of animals and pets during this bleak winter. A lesson we take from the Roosevelt family who lived in the White House from 1901- 1909 with 6 kids and 40 pets! Those animals include cats and dogs of course, but a badger and maccaw as well. If you aren’t a pet owner, we suggest you consider adopting this year! One of our favorite Dash Hounds captures the lovey fuzzy faces of many sweet creatures for you to consider...here-https://www.flspcaofcny.org/
Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands
Cite your sources:
CBS News, November 27, 2020. Presidential Pets, The Roosevelts' Menagerie.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/presidential-pets-the-roosevelts-menagerie/
Chiu, Lisa. "An Open Letter to the Woman Who Was Questioned By a Police Officer for Merely Sitting in her Car in a Target Parking Lot After Taking a Break from her Family." McSweeny's. Oct. 28, 2020. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-open-letter-to-the-woman-who-was-questioned-by-a-police-officer-for-merely-sitting-in-her-car-in-a-target-parking-lot-after-midnight-taking-a-break-from-her-family
Hamblin, James. "Is Everyone Depressed". The Atlantic. May 22, 2020
https://www.acesconnection.com/blog/is-everyone-depressed-theatlantic-com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt
National Park Service. The Roosevelt Pets. https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/the-roosevelt-pets.htm
Theodore Roosevelt's pet one-legged rooster. [Between 1910 and 1920?] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010645533/>.