If you haven’t guessed, these caricatures are exaggerated versions of my family and me. Mac was my father, Mimi and Bella are sisters, and Haillie is based on the worst possible version of myself. Muttley and MacLubs were once upon-a-time real pets.

Keep your joy.

Posted every Sunday.

Contentment is for Cows: Normally a blog, but through the summer and fall of 2026, it’s a sit-com on paper.

Chapter One, Scenes 4 and 5.