Special Ordered, Arrived Yesterday

Wessex Books Found the Clavell book! And it was at a reasonable price. I forced myself off the site before I purchased anything else … but this has been a dangerous find.

It is indeed round, Yehti. This is a marginally better picture of it, though it would seem I have no pictures at all of it that don’t include at least some portion of cat. I got this vase for a song because there is a scratch through the paint on one part of it. The…

Last night, we suddenly observed a lot of color developing in the chyrsalis all at once. In a matter of a few hours, we went from green to compressed butterfly. As I write this, Waldoette is busy finishing pumping up her wings and drying out. She’s definitely female. By the time you are reading this…

I am more convinced than ever that animals have sensibilities that humans fail to appreciate. Those of you who have followed my Diary at all have been regaled by stories about my Kitten-From-Hell, the destructive force that I have been unable to stop or even slow down. Mirrors, wall hangings, floor fans, exposed ankles and…

Working hard. Hardly working. I’m not entirely sure how both can be simultaneously true, but then I love a good oxymoron. Today is a jumbo shrimp kind of day. Yesterday’s seminars went well. Free breakfast was a bust, and the boxed lunches they provided failed to excite as well. Still, what did I expect for…

and some days you’re the bug. I’m doing OK today. Which is to say that not much has changed, but I’m coping a bit better. It helps having the Socialist around. Fridays he has no classes, and even if we aren’t in the same room it’s just plain comforting not to be the only non-cat…