Today I Turn Twelve

One last thing for the Elder Sister. That’s all I needed. One last thing, to balance the packages between Elder and Younger. I had to run out for kitty litter and a prescription refill anyhow, so I figured I’d bite the bullet, brave the crowds, and, as Nike advises, just do it. Well, I just…

I think what makes us [cat people] feel superior is not that we have a cat in our homes, but that a cat has found us acceptable to live with. There’s a thrill in that that a dog owner will never know. -Haskel Frankel, Foreword to Dr. L. J. Camuti’s book “All My Patients Are…

I have survived the Big Move, as have the cats and my favorite Socialist. We are mostly living out of boxes at the moment, except for one of the cats, who has taken it upon herself to unpack her toys and scatter them about the new abode in an effort to lay claim to all…

Well, the perkiness has worn off. The nausea hit last night and won’t let up. I suspect the diuretic is playing havok with my electrolytes at the moment, which would cause this queasiness I’m currently enduring. I really shouldn’t be complaining about this at all, since others are enduring far worse symptoms than a jumpy…

I guess it’s all in the angle. The actual bead doesn’t really look anything like an owl, but I can see what everyone is talking about. The reflection of the center hole between two of the dots absolutely gives appearance of two owl eyes. This gives me an idea for a bead I want to…

February, when the days of winter seem endless and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer. – – – Shirley Jackson “Raising Demons” We did get yet more snow last night, but it only amounted to about two very fluffy inches. It was still a pain to have to clean…