What it's like trying to write a novel?

Floyd the squirrel wouldn't exist without the fancy footwork and delightful words of one Donald O'Connor.

I mean, look into those eyes...

In Too Much Heaven, Petrichor is the Archangel of Rain whose current residence is an apartment that used to be a pasta factory on the...

Because the squirrels of San Diego are fascinated by beat culture and fast cars, I knew I needed to find a mid-1950s to 1960s role model.

My muse, my mom.

Who put the WAM in the wam-a-lama-ding-dong?

West Side Story is a toolbox I go back to again and again.

The Ultimate Golden Boy for the Ultimate Angel Boy.

They knock you out with their freckles and their fragrance. They're showy and show-offs.

If Bess the kitten were a person, she would be Marilyn Monroe from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

David S. Pumpkins is uniquely American. He is a hero for our times. Absurdist. Relentless. Surreal. His own thang. He's the Patron Saint...

I first saw a poster for Doña Diabla in a shop here in Austin called Tesoro's and quickly became obsessed with classic Mexican cinema.

Here they come now...

I think the real question is why NOT squirrels.