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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder

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This bleak, frigid landscape outside Kongo’s office window in Moorestown, New Jersey underscores his simian feelings caused by a Valentine Day spent away from his heart throb.  It’s not the first time this has happened. Hopefully it will be the last.  You see, despite the monkey’s best intentions the Pax Storm ( who names these storms anyway.  This Nor’easter was anything but peaceful) AKA the Valentine Storm trapped Kongo on the East Coast.  Instead of an early flight out yesterday morning to rendezvous with Mrs. Kongo and a special dinner reservation, sheets of ice trumped valor and Kongo was stuck.   Continue reading “Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder”

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It’s Complicated

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With Valentine’s Day only hours away Kongo’s world takes an unexpected turn.   First there was the tsk-tsking about Kongo meeting Rabbit in Los Angeles. This was followed by some serious “ahems” after a few getaway weekends where Kongo and Rabbit spent some “quality” time together.  Eyebrows went up after the East Coast Girls Like Monkeys post and some gentle readers wondered if Kongo might be stepping out on Rabbit.  And, of course, there was this “Mrs. Kongo” thing going on in the background that confused a lot of people.  But all of that was just gossipy tabloid grist and a monkey of Kongo’s fame learns how to deal with that.  But suddenly it gets complicated.  Really complicated.

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