Signs of Life

This is the second spring that I’ve lived in this area. The spring before that we were apartment hunting, so even then I was driving these roads I now drive regularly. And it was that spring, two years ago, when I first noticed the Graylag Goose. Actually, I don’t know for sure if it is…

This is Karen Ann’s Tea Room. I’ve been hanging out here since September. It’s close to the cats that I do vet checks on twice a week, which makes it very (too) convenient. They have good food, Morgan blend tea, WiFi and a relaxed atmosphere. Some days I show up before noon and don’t leave…

After we got home last night, The Prof spent some “quality time” with his “kee-kee” cat. Ya gotta pity the “kee-kee”. We still have The Prof’s old television and its cabinet tucked to one side of the living room. I have no idea what he’s planning to do with it – we barely watch the…

Channing: Biological mom and kitten-clone are calico cats. Calico cats’ fur colors are only partly governed by genes. Part of it has to do with how certain genes interact with each other, and part has to do with conditions that the little kitten fetus grows under. An easier example: did you ever know any identical…

I had a pleasant and quite unexpected surprise as I drove into work this morning. Driving a rush-hour-crowded road I’d traveled a hundred times before, I was stopped for a red light on a small bridge that crosses over a tiny creek in the middle of an industrial complex. A blue flash caught my eye,…

I think the lack of sleep is finally getting to me. I hit my first totally black depression in a long time last night, after five successive nights of four or less hours sleep. I had been staving it off for a few days, I think, but then last night the Socialist threw a tantrum…