Squirrels are taking over the world! Don’t believe me? Read why I began this blog, browse my squirrel photos/pics and follow this blog as well as my Squirrels Are Evil And Taking Over The World Facebook page. To see past entries, browse the Beware The Squirrel Archives.
And my picture book featuring Evil Squirrels (ok, maybe more bibliophilic than Evil) is now available!
I’ve had a love-hate relationship with squirrels for over 30 years. This is an introduction to my Beware The Squirrel blog. About Debbie (Bio kindly provided by my friend Bruce Macintosh – It remains one of my favourite bios ever, and I hope to use it in a book someday.) . . .
Thanks to my teacher friend, Mary Ellen Wessels, for the heads-up. 🙂 I’d love to see a similar Canadian map by province!
I’m not the only one who has had power cut off because of squirrels! Apparently thousands of people in upstate New York have been affected by a squirrel who managed to knock out three substations. See the article on nbcnewyork.com. Thanks to my friend Susie Ghahremani for the heads-up!
o those who came here because of my Illustrator Intensive session at the SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles – WELCOME! The image above is from my slideshow presentation when I talked about how recurring themes in creative journals can be harvested for picture books, and thus how SQUIRRELS became . . .
In the photo above, I am holding just two of many, many squirrel-focused items given to me by friends who enjoying torturing me about my anti-squirrel obsession.The big squirrel is a giant FRIDGE MAGNET that came with a full wardrobe (blame goes to Gretchen and Bill Roper) and I’m holding . . .
When my friend Bruce Macintosh told me about Vizcacha (a.k.a. a Squabbit), I thought he was kidding around with Photoshop. BUT HE WASN’T!! ‘m grateful to Bruce for the heads-up. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIGILANCE, MY FRIEND. If you haven’t already, do check out the bio that Bruce wrote for me, which . . .
Thanks to my friend Peter Alway for posting a link to this IFLScience! article on my Squirrels Are Evil And Are Taking Over The World FB Page earlier this month. According to legend, the squirrel have attacked and killed deer to eat its innards! “A disemboweled deer or domestic chicken with none of its . . .
Years from now, historians will surely attribute this deceptive perky songdance to the early signs of the Squirrelpocalypse that so many humans foolishly ignored. Didn’t someone say that “Ring Around The Rosie” originated with a description of the plague? If anyone’s curious, here are the original lyrics to S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In . . .
At first I thought this article in Viral Nova was a joke, or that the photos were mostly Photoshopped. But I think this is actually a real thing! Apparently Penn State student Mary Krupa works with four different squirrels. I have to question the use of the term “Squirrel Whisperer.” More appropriate, I . . .