The Strudwick File: Strud’s Weekend Wallop
The Strudwick File: Strud’s Weekend Wallop
Welp. It was another banner weekend with Strud. We went out to Yates’ tennis match last Saturday for a few hours and the dogs were in their usual spot – the kitchen/family room/mud room. They had been out on a big hike earlier in the day, so all seemed in order to leave them for …
The Strudwick File: Birthday Boy
The Strudwick File: Birthday Boy
There was lots to celebrate in the Kelly-Brunt home this week. Our pal Strudwick turned five years old, and Megyn’s daughter Yardley rang in her fifteenth birthday. Fortunately, there was no gift snatching like we saw a couple of years ago. Here is that festive throwback: Instead, Strud celebrated his special day the best way …
The Strudwick File: Some-bunny Was Naughty, Part III
The Strudwick File: Some-bunny Was Naughty, Part III
As you may have heard, Megyn’s son Thatcher caused a bit of a scare last weekend when he fainted during Easter mass. Fortunately, he came to quickly and was none the worse for the wear. Megyn, Doug, and the kids spent the rest of the day relaxing with one another and some very festive four-legged …
The Strudwick File: Protein-palooza
The Strudwick File: Protein-palooza
Remember last fall when Megyn shared that Strudwick had started to change his ways? He was still prone to shenanigans, of course, but the incidents were fewer and farther between. If Megyn, Doug, and the kids followed a few house rules, they could generally avoid the chaos that had consumed their lives for the better …
The Strudwick File: Lunch Lessons, Part IV
The Strudwick File: Lunch Lessons, Part IV
This week’s Strudwick File comes courtesy of Megyn’s assistant Abby, who caught our four-legged friend and his normally well-behaved sister, Thunder, in the act of snatching and chowing down on their lunch. Megyn and Abby were supposed to each have their own chicken noodle soup, which means there were once two containers on the counter. …
The Strudwick File: Luck of the Irish, Part II
The Strudwick File: Luck of the Irish, Part II
St. Patrick’s Day is just days away. And while Megyn and her family have been traveling, Strudwick and Thunder have been getting into the holiday spirit and honoring her heritage from afar. Heading into this festive weekend, we’ll leave you with one of our favorite Irish proverbs: May you always walk in sunshine.May you never …
The Strudwick File: Strud Reads Up, Part II
The Strudwick File: Strud Reads Up, Part II
You have to go all the way back in The Strudwick File archives for the first edition of this tail – ahem, tale – when our four-legged friend engaged in some light reading (or was it chewing?) of William Dalrymple’s The Anarchy. Here is what that looked like in October 2022: Flash forward to earlier …
The Strudwick File: A Chilly Treat
The Strudwick File: A Chilly Treat
Connecticut was walloped by the blizzard that hit the northeast earlier this week. The snow and chilly temperatures would lead most to crave a hot cocoa or cider to warm up with by the fire. But Strudwick is never one to follow the crowd. Instead, our four-legged friend opted for a frostier treat when the …
The Strudwick File: Strud Goes Bananas, Part V
The Strudwick File: Strud Goes Bananas, Part V
You’ve probably heard some version of the adage “once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; and three times is a trend.” Well, what happens when the third instance turns into a fourth and the fourth into a fifth? That is the question we find ourselves pondering this week as we’ve reached the – count ’em – …
The Strudwick File: Splatter Matter
The Strudwick File: Splatter Matter
If you know Strudwick, you know it is generally best to expect the worst. So, you can imagine Megyn’s concern when our four-legged friend came to greet her the other day with something splattered all over his cute little face. “I came home and his face is wet,” Megyn noted. “He’s been inside – why …
The Strudwick File: A Discovery of Imperfections
The Strudwick File: A Discovery of Imperfections
As we’ve chronicled, Strudwick’s mischievous behavior has mellowed some as he’s gotten older, but that doesn’t mean the shenanigans have stopped. We’ll let Megyn explain how life has been lately: “These days it’s not so much the enormous disaster with Strud, it’s more the discovery of imperfections around most corners. Like this morning, when I …
The Strudwick File: A Citrus Story, Part III
The Strudwick File: A Citrus Story, Part III
It’s taken four-plus years, but we seem to have finally figured out the one category of human food that does not do it for our pal Strudwick. It was around this time last year that Strud made it his mission to knock a bowl of lemons and limes off the kitchen counter. Once he accomplished …