Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine

Lessons From Our Pets

You could carpet Connecticut with White Fang’s fur. Yet, she links me to my late son. You should see their tree.

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Chris Erskine
Sep 23, 2026
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It’s a good day to be a Siberian husky — misty, moody, with grace notes of fall. White Fang likes everything about it. And she hates that fall thunders by so fast.

Fang is a mellow dog, loves people, unless you show the slightest hint of fear, then she foams at the mouth and lusts to taste your blood, your tendons, your teeth.

Like Hollywood executives, or corrupt popes, she traffics in the fears and aspirations of others. I suspect it’s a way to mask her own self-doubts.

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