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Bipolar Cancer Husband No. 2
I must confess that I still feel a little selfish when I remind people that I am under stress — perhaps more stress than Lynn.
Posted: June 26th, 2012 under Anxiety, Cancer Diary, Cats, Dogs, Uncertainty.
Comments: 3
Fiona is Gone….
We put Fiona down at 5:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time. She appeared to have pancreatitis and something that was damaging her liver in a big way. It was going to cost us $2000 to have a 50-50 chance of keeping her alive. We had already put down $2500. I think the vet encouraged me because [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2012 under Cats, Grief.
Comments: 3
Wendell the Bear
This is how I acquired him. My cat, a lovely calico by the name of Brandy Whine or Ms. Whine, went into heat. (Brandy had the talent of turning away when I tried to photograph her.) Several males from the Durham, North Carolina neighborhood — where I shared an abode with four room mates — [...]
Posted: December 30th, 2011 under Cats, North Carolina.
Comments: 1
Dancing Diamond
Late at night, I read by flashlight. We are temporarily without light in the bedroom: our new bed has forced out the floor lamps, so we must wait for the money to afford wall lights over the bed. Boadicea comes to rest beside me. She fixates on the flashlight, rubbing her chin against the lens. [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2010 under Cats.
Comments: none
Road Kill
Just at the point where Ridgeline Drive reaches its uttermost crest and begins to slide down towards El Toro, the blue SUV was stopped in the middle of the street with its lights on and the driver’s door open. On the left, beneath the street light, a woman was laying a gray and white tabby [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2010 under Cats.
Comments: 1
Dude
A man we know likes to take his cat for walks in the park. The man strolls down the street and the cat — a smallish gray tabby boy — follows along. Once at the park, Dude, as the cat is known, looks around and then follows the man home. The dogs in the park [...]
Posted: October 12th, 2009 under Cats, Dogs.
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Socks, the Ultimate Democat, Passes
Former First Cat Socks is dead.
Posted: February 20th, 2009 under Cats, Milestones.
Comments: 1
Napkins
Sometimes I can observe my compulsive peculiarities. Let me preface this by telling you about a cat that I used to have as a companion. Ambrose liked to jump in the tub while there was still an inch or two of water in it. He would stroll from end to end, lifting a paw at [...]
Posted: December 26th, 2008 under Cats, OCD.
Comments: 5
Cat and Rabbit Skins
A few months ago, we inherited a bobcat hide mounted on brown felt. This brown-spotted, golden-skinned relic had come off a feline which was shot about a hundred years ago by the father of my recently deceased great aunt. Mischievous as we are, we could not but help offer it to Fiona and Boadicea as [...]
Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Cats.
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Doggy
We now have a Boston Terrier, a sad-eyed gentleman with a brindle coat who very quickly learned that the cats outranked him. Fiona showed him by slapping him on the nose when he tried to lick her which cat and dog owners know to heinous. Later he snuffed up one of her cat treats which [...]
Posted: July 2nd, 2008 under Cats, Dogs.
Comments: none
Masochat
What else do these people use the paddles for?
Posted: December 23rd, 2007 under Cats, Video.
Comments: 3
Mean Kitty Song
Posted: December 18th, 2007 under Cats, Video.
Comments: none