Is gluten-free cat litter a thing? While browsing the Chewy.com website to read cat litter reviews—not something I normally do when bored, you understand—I saw this entry in the “ask questions” section. After a few muttered words of derision and … Continue reading
In preparation for a brutal heat wave about to descend on Oregon, I am sitting in semi-darkness, fans whirring, upstairs AC units working at light speed. The garden and the dogs are watered, shorts I have not worn in years … Continue reading
Oh look, another glossy magazine article about lovely Orcas Island! You’d think the island would be used to this sort of thing by now, but this innocuous, perfectly decent little article has occasioned a great ruckus on at least two … Continue reading
In early September, 2000, my daughter Nikki came home one evening while I was watching TV, carrying a cardboard box. “Look what I found!” I eyed the box, knowing what she’d probably found. More than once she’d brought in a … Continue reading
Yesterday I got the lights up on the front of the house. The upcoming Big Holiday is secular for me; although I do love singing carols. As I mentioned in an earlier blog, I was raised in the Christian method; … Continue reading
It’s a challenge to shift into gratitude mode. I’ve been hearing about how people are coping with not being able to be with family at this time of year. Sharing favorite family dishes door to door. Zoom meals. Zoom meal … Continue reading
So, you may or may not know (or remember) that my boy cat, Blackjack, had a bad brush with a urinary blockage back in the summer and I came THIS close to losing him. He’s good now. Thank you. Thank … Continue reading
No blog today. Do you ever come to a project you are responsible for and just say: Not today! I won’t do it! I wonder how, in my advanced state of years, I could be five-years-old again, in full pouting mode. … Continue reading
Friday, August 28. It begins. This is what I wrote, on Saturday: “One minute he was fine. The next minute he was “talking” rather more than usual. The minute after that, he was yowling in pain. And it was midnight. … Continue reading
Again I don’t know what I’m going to write about. I have to write myself into the inspirational corner but depending on the size of the room it might take a while. Behind me I hear the boy cat coming. … Continue reading
