Oct 3, 2019 | Cat Tales (Thursday)
Each person thinks they know their “cat limit”. Often this occurs when someone sees a rescue or an adorable kitten who needs a home. “We’re at our limit” they say, and that ends the topic. But what is your cat limit and can that number...
Sep 6, 2019 | Cat Tales (Thursday)
In one month and thirteen days it’ll have been a year since mom died. Honestly, I didn’t expect her cat, my sister, the Queen to live that long. After all, she’d battled bobcat fever in 2017, then faced high blood pressure, and had been on medicine...
Jul 18, 2019 | Cat Tales (Thursday)
This Cat Tales Thursday I’m reminded of my “kitten summer”, so please indulge me in a little story and a little PSA. At this moment, Santiago sprawls on the corner of the bed, the end of his tabby tail twitching. Pixie, my perfect little rescue who I...
Jul 11, 2019 | Cat Tales (Thursday)
When mom passed away in October, I wasn’t sure how long Belle, her beloved companion cat, would make it. In 2017 Belle had a bout with Bobcat Fever and miraculously survived. Then, in the fall of 2017, she was diagnosed with high blood pressure. She’s gone...
Apr 18, 2019 | Cat Tales (Thursday)
I hate thunderstorms. Especially severe ones, or the threat of severe weather, because it triggers emotional flashbacks in me. Hail is the worst. It’s like Mother Nature is yelling at me and throwing things and threatening to hurt me–for no reason. So...
Mar 23, 2019 | Cat Tales (Thursday)
It’s not like me to be running, and yet, over the last ten days, I was going somewhere for nine of them. And even when I was kind of home, I had outdoor projects and all sorts of things happening and so I didn’t get to sit down at my desk the way I...