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Gratitude, Catitude Abound
I see all the edges of things these days, maybe because we are leaving soon and this place that has irked me for so long is most beautiful now. Biking into Manhattan I look down into the churning river and … Continue reading
Posted in Cat Kitsch, Charming Anecdote, Mixed Bag O'Cats
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Mothers of Mine
I have many good mothers in my life. I am lucky and proud to know these people, be of these people, and to be shaped by them continually. These are ladies of wit and warmth and strength and wisdom. When … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote
Tagged Happy Mothers Day, Maine Coon, may, Mother, Mothers Day, sombrero
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We the Couch Sleepers.
Total of five legs in this picture. Yesterday afternoon, the Madre y Padre de Jake drove their little green car from that thin stip of beach in Southern Maryland all the way to Brooklyn, or Mad Max Town … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, Olive
Tagged ASPCA, Brooklyn, Iceland, Maine Coon, Southern Maryland
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FEELINGS FEELINGS FEELINGS FEELINGS FEELINGS FEELINGS FEEEEEEEELINGS
No other song has spoken to me so strongly, or so well described my frequent way of being in the world. And by that I mean just the last line, pluralized, and taken totally out of context. A gooball in … Continue reading
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Garbage World
I am drinking coffee with my back to the window; the day gets me through the screen and outside it feels green, lush, sunny, worthwhile, but I need to push through this last bit of work before it is summer … Continue reading
Olive in the background, eating flies.
I have just arrived home, my glass is full, and the sun is setting through the new leaves outside. There are only thirty more days that I will watch the light fade from these rooftops and walls. Tomorrow is my … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, Olive, Sightings!, The Cats of Summer
Tagged Brooklyn, Cherry blossom, Maine Coon, Pratt, travel
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Counting Cars
Everything is coming up circles, these days. Hurtling toward Huntingdon late last week, late into the night, our headlights found roadside bushes, saw the gentle slope of grassy fields, the panels of weathered houses, too late for any lights to … Continue reading
Posted in Olive, The Cats of Others
Tagged Brooklyn, dead skeletons, house cat, Huntingdon, Maine Coon, PA, road trip
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It’s hard to keep track of you, falling through the sky.
It has been so long since I’ve written. I have wanted to write to you, and I look forward to the continuation of my words, your reading, your words, my reading. It means all of the things to me. … Continue reading
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Statement of Purpose
I am in the midst of a lengthy process. I am realizing that I will likely be in this process until I die. (Either prematurely or because the career path I have chosen is rife with instabilities and temporary employment.) … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, Olive, The Cats of Summer
Tagged Brooklyn, Long Island Sound, Maine, Maine Coon, Maryland, MFA, Nebraska, New York, State College Pennsylvania, Upstate New York
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For Two Lovely Ladies
Despite what you might think about me, given my cat blog and volume of feline paraphernalia and my affection for Murder, She Wrote, I’m not super into pet birthdays….UNTIL NOW. Several months ago, right after we brought Olive into our home, … Continue reading
Posted in Olive, The Cats of Others
Tagged cat, cat birthday, Jessica Fletcher, Maine Coon, Mike Shea, Murder She Wrote, Soulistic Solutions
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