Mrs. Pinchbeck’s Ballet School for Gilts
The newest members of Mrs. Pinchbeck’s Ballet School for Gilts crowd the walls and corners of the rehearsal hall as the full senior squad perform a dress rehearsal of Swine Lake.
Soapbox
Discussion of interesting facts about or instances of pig-human interaction that just can’t help but give rise to an opinion.
Afternoon indiscretions of swineherds and their swine
Necessary consolations are sought in the distances of slumber. For the swineherd and his charges, dreams are the lens through which the day’s endeavors are dissected. And together, their minds marshal a virtual library of our past circumstances toward that goal.
Piggy bank asset recovery
Piggy banks have a powerful force that holds our financial assets tightly to their hearts. The smiling little pig banks look at us as if saying, “do you really want to do this?” when we approach them for some legal tenderness.
Truffle love
The truffle is a nut of the earth, found for humans by pigs. In their hot and drowsy world of co-existence, both these creatures find these musky tubers something savory and mysterious…
First Manhattan…
Pigs are known to be devious plotters, but do they really have a geopolitical plan? They take what they are given – the monkey and the plywood violin – and practice every night until they are ready. First we take Manhattan…