by Laura Spark Plumpkin is dead, and we have to get out of the house. Our neighbor Lila won Plumpkin in a school lottery. A squeaky-voiced, black guinea pig, Plumpkin was much loved by Lila and my twin 12-year old daughters, Lea and Naomi, who don?t have a pet of their own. Our usual solution to the no-pet problem is to get outside. Hang out on the front porch and admire … [Read more...]