Taking the Summer Off

Hello Readers,

Harriet and I have both been disappointed with our irregular blog postings as of late. We are quite distracted by the moving of our World Headquarters from west of the Big City to east of it.

In addition, I have just gone strawberry picking and will need some time off to eat all my strawberries.


For these reasons, and two others not mentioned, we will not be posting to the blog this summer.

Please know, however, that you, dear reader, will be in our thoughts each and every day.

And that,
we will return,
in September.

Your faithful friends,

Harriet and Mickey

Followers!

Hello friends!

It's me Mickey. Back again with some very excellent news. The Harriet and Mickey Chronicle now has followers. That is, you can click on the Followers button to the right of this, and become a bona fide follower. Bona fide means in good faith; it has nothing to do with dogs or bones.

All this new technology everywhere. It's hard to keep on top of it. Harriet doesn't even make an effort, but I encourage you to.

Your bona fide friend,
and companion,
in technology and out,
Mickey

The Old Man and the Sea

Hello friends,

It is I, Harriet, writing for a change. Mickey is off somewhere. I can't keep track of him. He just ran out the door and said, "Harriet! Write the blog for me today!"

It is a rainy spring day here in Newton as I write. My favorite kind of day for keeping the window open and listening to the rain. I just finished reading The Old Man and the Sea last night. I believe I read it once before as a bunny, but my memory is poor. What a wonderful, clean book that is. I think I would like to learn more about Hemingway, that he could create such a wise character.

I, too, am old, but I haven't got the strength and endurance of Santiago. I do hope I have a small portion of his wisdom.

I wanted to reread the book after Annie showed me the following animation by Alexander Petrov. This movie was made for IMAX and was done by painting each individual frame on glass. It took him two and a half years to complete. The film is twenty minutes long. I hope you will watch it.



Your friend,
Harriet

Sex in the City Bunnies

Hello Friends,

I hope your Memorial Day weekend was memorable. Ours was quite pleasant.

Today we are offering you another selection from Annie's animation class at Rhode Island School of Design; this one by Alicia Lane. Harriet and I found it very funny, though Hector is a bit offended at this portrayal of his kind. The dialogue is a clip from Sex in the City.



Until the next,
I remain,
your,
Mickey

Press

Hello friends,

I have been neglecting the blog. I am very busy in ways that could be difficult for you to imagine. A dog of my kind... But here I am to bring you back up to date. Annie was in the news this week in the Newton Tab. The article featured one of my favorite illustrations of hers entitled "Barnyard Crime."

Click on it to make it larger.


This crime happened a few years back at Harriet's grandparents farm. You'll be interested to know that they never did find out who killed that fox. But he was a heartless fellow and no one misses him. Perhaps the killer shouldn't even be punished.

This is an ethical question that we won't address in the blog. I am not the Ethicist. You are, however, welcome to post your comments on this.

As always,
I remain,
interested in your opinions,
your good friend,
Mickey

Spring!

Well Dear Readers,

Spring is here. With its sunshine and rain. Here at the world headquarters of H&M, Ink., the trees are blossoming.


Do you have seasonal allergies? Hector does (of course). He never goes anywhere without his "petit hankie," as he calls it. And of course he's using it as an excuse not to bring in the mail. "I can't go out of doors," he says with his French accent. "I can't." And then he blows his nose dramatically.



On one of our recent hot days, I went "out of doors" to go for a swing in the back yard, and the elder weasel shared her popsicle with me.


I hope you, too, are enjoying the spring, gentle reader. It is the best season after all, and we should treasure each day.

Your friendly
friend,
Mickey

e-Postcards Down!

Dear Readers,

You won't believe what has happened. The e-postcard link on our website, where you can send virtual postcards to your friends, has been compromised! An evil-doer in cyberspace hacked into our code and was using it to propagate spam! We are still investigating, but we believe the suspect looks like this:


If you have any tips as to his whereabouts, please email us at stoptheevildoer@harrietandmickey.com.

In the meantime, the e-postcard link is down and OUT. A very sad bunny with striped trousers will let you know.


This is much like we felt when we heard the bad news.

I hope you haven't got a lot of e-postcards to send. You might consider sending paper ones until our site is repaired (long wait). Postcard stamps are 27 cents, but will rise in price in May. So send them now.

Your disappointed,
but not disspirited
friend,
Mickey