I’m on my way, but I don’t know where I’m going.

I want to talk to you about a few things now because I don’t think we have too many more days to have conversations with each other. I want to thank you for being one of my best friends. I want to tell you that you are without doubt the best cat in the universe….

Halfway through October, and I’m still wondering where September went. Today is the first day this month I’ve looked out the window and seen anything resembling autumn. A storm front came through yesterday, bringing with it periods of high winds. A few leaves in the trees, up to now reluctant to release their grip on…

Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you later. — Mary Bly My kite arrived in the mail today! Kite (with fanny pack), string, spool … all tucked away safely in the trunk of my car. Now I stare out my office window at the absolutely still, hot morning…

This is a large and graphics intensive entry. Apologies to those viewing with a slow modem dial-up, but I just couldn’t face doing all the extra coding that thumbnails entail. Two weeks ago The Socialist and I visited Frederick, Maryland for the weekend. Yes, that Frederick, the one that they caught the snipers just outside…

(Feel free to sing title to the tune of “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano”.) I remarked to the Prof several times this summer that with the old oak gone out front (see entry from January 17, 2011: Like An Oak On The Wire regarding that sad day) the squirrels on our property seemed…

Today has a strange feel to it. It rained a little last night, not enough to soak things through but instead just get them a little wet. This morning there were droplets of ice on my car’s windshield, and a thin band of ice holding the door shut. The door opened with only a little…