Today, we commemorate the end of COYOTE’s Pet Week, our ode to the brilliant creatures we live with and clean up after. To celebrate, we’ve decided to have an open thread (our first!) all about ‘em.
From 8 am to 5 pm PDT today, commenting privileges on this post will be open to all COYOTE members, so jump in and tell us about your beloved pet(s), past and present! Share your favorite story about them. Talk about the first time you met and realized that they were 100% coming home with you. Drop some of the dozen nicknames you have for them! (Or the made-up song you sing to them when you two are alone.)
Future open threads will likely be for paid subscribers only, but we wanted a chance for everyone to share in the camaraderie of at least one.
With that out of the way, what’s the weirdest thing your pet ate off the sidewalk?
Note: We encourage funny, silly, thoughtful, earnest, etc. comments, and even sincere debate. If you post spam, or anything bigoted, or harass people, however, we will delete your posts and ban you. Seriously — don’t be a jerk. If you encounter anyone violating these rules, email hello@coyotemedia.org.
Rahawa Haile is an Eritrean American writer from Miami, Florida. Her work covers arts & culture, borders, and the outdoors. In Open Country, her blended memoir about the Appalachian Trail and the politics of free movement in the US, is forthcoming.
Soleil Ho is a cultural critic, cookbook writer, and food journalist who has a nasty habit of founding media projects instead of going to therapy: from the feminist literary magazine Quaint to food podcast Racist Sandwich to our dear COYOTE.
