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Sunday, July 17, 2005


ELPHABA

The toad's been on our doorstep for three weeks now, so I've named her. Elphaba, after the witch in the musical Wicked, which I saw with my daughter last week in New York City. (The author of the book the musical's based on got the name Elphaba from L. Frank Baum's initials.)

I like having Elphie there, and she's obviously eating tons of bugs. Occasionally, though, she hops up to the entryway and we risk squashing her or letting her in the house.