Category Archives: cats

Music and grief

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

Our elderly and Highly Opinionated tortoiseshell cat, Cleopatra, died recently. She made it to her 20th birthday last month, which astonished us all. Privately, I think she wasn’t about to let the dog outlast her. (Oka, our wonderful German Shepherd … Continue reading →


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The Trouble With Humans and Cats

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

I’m a cat person. I’ve had a number of cats over the years, with my favorite being the one in the picture, Mahasamatman, the Lord of Light, commonly known as Sam. He’s been gone for about 15 years — about … Continue reading →


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The Trouble

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

The Trouble (Annals of Pard: V) by Ursula K. Le Guin I’ve never had a cat before who directly challenged me. I don’t look for much obedience from a cat; the relationship isn’t based on rank or a dominance hierarchy … Continue reading →


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Pard and the Poets

Posted on December 3, 2012 by

Pard and the Poets (Annals of Pard: IV) by Ursula K. Le Guin Six poets came to my house yesterday afternoon for the monthly meeting of our poetry group. There should have been eight of us in all, but alas … Continue reading →


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Teleporting Animals

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

This week we had another mysterious case of animal teleportation. Two days earlier we’d noticed that one of our ewes had come back into season – she was over by the fence to the ram’s field, dressed to the nines … Continue reading →


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Catching up with Pard

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Catching up with Pard (Annals of Pard: III) by Ursula K. Le Guin Not that I ever will… But it’s getting on to a year since we went to the Humane Society and came home with seven pounds of cat. … Continue reading →


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Lessons Learned From Playing in the Yard

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

By Nancy Jane Moore 1. Birds are unpredictable. My sister gave me this great bird feeder and told me to use black sunflower seeds in it. I could only find a ten-pound bag. “Goodness,” I thought, “I’ll never use that up.” … Continue reading →


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When in Doubt, Post a Cat Picture

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

Well, I have spent the past two hours hunting through the internet’s weirdest news looking for inspiration for this week’s blog post and… This must have been a sensible week. Ok, there are the usual crop of dumb criminals but … Continue reading →


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Chosen by a Cat

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Chosen by a Cat (Annals of Pard: II) by Ursula K. Le Guin Pard sitting in his favorite chair   In the four months since I wrote about his arrival, Little Pard has grown up. He is now Not Large … Continue reading →


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Choosing a Cat

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Choosing a Cat (Annals of Pard: I) by Ursula K. Le Guin I have never chosen a cat before. I have been chosen by the cat, or by people who offered us a cat. Or a kitten was weeping up … Continue reading →


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