Holly Day

Welcome to the author page of Holly Day. I write a bunch of stuff--poems, nonfiction, and fiction. This page is just about squirrels, though, so if you don't like squirrels, you're in the wrong place.

Tuesday, February 09, 2021

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Marco is a small-time criminal and just a not very nice squirrel in general. Unfortunately for us, and especially the drivers of this car, M...

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Julian is just a regular sort of squirrel caught up in a very irregular situation. Last week, when he was just running around and minding hi...

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Brianna makes a good part of her living selling things at the flea market. She’s always had a good eye for things tourists will consider col...

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Cal is at work and he is very busy. Every day, he comes into this office and sits at his desk and waits for people to bring him things to re...

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Lorraine is at the end of her rope. Almost 20 years ago, Lorraine found Spot alone in the park, presumably abandoned, and she couldn’t help ...

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I f you were to pass Pascale on the street, you’d probably think he was just an ordinary squirrel. However, last night, when Pascale was wor...

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Meet  Chuck, and also, meet the future. It’s the year 2025, and due to an unforeseen side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine (which otherwise to...

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This  is Fernando, who is currently on a cross-country research trip. The university he works at allows faculty to take some time off every ...

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Stab is a young enforcer for the Squirrel Mafia. He’s here partly out of guilt, but mostly out of love—for years, he’s worshipped Donna from...

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You can tell how cold it is outside because Paulo won't put all four limbs down at once unless he has to run away, which he never has to...

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This  is Jim, and while Jim hates the rain as much as any other squirrel, he’s also smart enough to know that since he’s the only squirrel t...
Tuesday, February 02, 2021

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I had originally planned to introduce you to a wonderful little squirrel named  Brenda, but unfortunately, her long-running territorial batt...

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Joy is trying very hard to not feel neglected. Her best friend, Sandra, is a writer, and lately, all Sandra wants to do is sit at her desk a...

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Here we have a  professional mesmerist known simply by the stage name Z. This is somewhat problematic for the IRS and other government agenc...

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Sasha is the star of the popular TV sitcom, Sasha! On today’s episode, Sasha’s roommate, Candice, has decided she wants to have a baby, and ...

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Frank is a choreographer and performer in the avant-garde dance company, Le Danse a la Squirrel. Today, he is working through the opening sc...

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Even though her given name is  Jessica, no one has called her that for a very long time—everyone around here calls her The Squirrel God, The...

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This  is Lola, and Lola is consumed with regret. A very, very long time ago, when she was young, her mother warned her about her temper and ...

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Lorraine is a beautiful young female who lives in the hemlock grove next door. Unbeknownst to her, her neighbor, F-series 92687, has had a c...

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This  is Al, and Al is lost. Normally, he pays attention when he’s walking home from work, but today he got distracted by the beautiful colo...
Friday, January 22, 2021

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Harvey is a quiet bachelor who lives in the birch tree out back. Harvey has always had a soft spot in his heart for strays, and his little f...

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This  is a rather aggressive cosmetics salesperson named Eunice. The first time Eunice came around with her little case full of powders and ...

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Justine is out for a rare night on the town with her friends at Club Windowell. The music sort of sucks, but the DJ’s super cute, and he kee...

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Chuck--the one on the right--is a member of that Squirrel Liberation Front I've tried to warn everyone about for a while now, especially...

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Christine is almost literally on the road trip from hell. She thought she’d save a few bucks by driving across the country to visit her old ...
Tuesday, January 05, 2021

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Candice is a nice squirrel who, despite her many wonderful qualities, definitely needs to work on being more assertive. Candice has always b...

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Sharon is a quiet young female who is also today’s guest on Today! With Blaine! A couple of days ago, Sharon got a call from the show tellin...

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Patrick is apparently part of a surveying team here to determine how much of my yard belongs to me, and how much belongs to the squirrels. I...

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You might already be familiar with Gerald's picture if you read the society pages. A few weeks ago, Gerald was best known for being the ...

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Jerome has been trapped in the attic of my neighbor’s house for most of his life. When he was very small, a crow yanked him out of the tree ...

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This is Myron, and Myron is in love. For the past few months, he’s been trying to find a way to express his affection for Georgia, the beaut...

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Dr. Eugene is a world-famous archaeologist and adventurer, and if you're a subscriber to the academic magazines “Squirrel Archaeologist”...

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Bastien is a weary traveler who has unfortunately stumbled into the wrong inn to spend the night, for this quaint little B&B is run by M...

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This is Sophia, soon to be Queen Sophia. When Sophia signed up with Find-a-Prince's dating service, she figured she’d be set up with jus...

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The  Big Dam Monster is an ancient creature that patrols this small, manmade lake. Every few decades, when the water level dips dangerously ...

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  Someone looked in my window and thought, "There's a sucker for a cute squirrel if I ever saw one-- and she's got a can of mix...

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Julius is a professional magician with a reputation for being a real jerk to his assistants. This new assistant is finding out that this rep...
Friday, December 18, 2020

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Sheila was at my window the moment it stopped raining to press her little face and paws up against my window to beg for treats. Almost immed...

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Jackie is a highly superstitious squirrel who can’t get her day started without either consulting the astrology page of the newspaper or sto...

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Christie is a passionate young female from the maple out front. Christie’s best friend, Judith, was supposed to guard the pile of nuts set o...

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Dustin has come to the grim conclusion that the part of the birch tree he just moved into happens to be haunted. Pictures keep falling off t...

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This squirrel only eats almonds. She scratches at my window until I toss some nuts out for her, and she immediately picks out all the almond...
Friday, October 30, 2020

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Rowena is a lovely, quiet female from this spring’s first litter. Rowena just got off the phone with her mother, who apparently spent a whol...

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Celeste is a local author who lives in the maple tree out front. Celeste is here at one of her favorite bookstores to autograph copies of he...

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Stan’s kind of a loner, but that’s OK, because we can’t all be Mr. Popular party animal types. After a hard day of punching numbers at the o...

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T oday is the first day of Geraldine's new cable-access cooking show, Cooking with Gerry. Everything has to be perfect for this big day—...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

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Charmaine is the manager for Bounce, the most popular squirrel band in the world. She's been managing the band since she and Yeet were i...

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This  is Bertrand, and Bertrand’s still not sure how he got here. Earlier today, he was on his way to work and decided to take a short cut t...

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Jules is a veteran of the squirrel art scene, setting up his wall display and table for what seems like his millionth group art show and pri...

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Loretta has come to this ramshackle theater set up outside my window full of good intentions. Tonight is the debut of her friend Janice’s se...
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