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Olive & Others
During the storm, Erin and Dylan sought refuge here in Brooklyn, abandoning New Jersey and welcoming Olive with open arms. She returned their kindness with bites, her own type of friendship gesture. From Erin, these glorious photos come. … Continue reading
Posted in Olive, Uncategorized
Tagged aunt, Brooklyn, bunker, cats, Hurricane Sandy, Maine Coon, Teaneck
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The Sun is up,
(insert rest of The Cure song here.) I write to you from the beautiful Pocono wilds, or at least I’m told this is what it’s called here. This morning I was actually up before the sun was up, a condition … Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Bag O'Cats
Tagged 6th avenue, bobcat, border collie, Brooklyn, cats, family, Maine Coon, oregon
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Halfway
Yesterday, Jake left Huntingdon in the morning and reached my parents’ house, a driving distance of approximately 150 miles, late at night. I am impressed. Here in Brooklyn, it’s a big cold grey day and I’m wishing I could spend … Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Bag O'Cats
Tagged bike tour, Brooklyn, cats, Huntingdon, Maine Coon, moving, Poconos, White Haven
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Big Beautiful Rain Day
There are very few days that I declare to be non-bike days. This, deliciously, is one of them. Outside, the world is a solid slab of grey, damp, foggy, rainy, cold. This is a day for reading in bed, taking … Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Bag O'Cats
Tagged cats, chelsea, Jeffrey Eugenides, Maine Coon, Manhattan, Marriage Plot
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Like Cat Christmas in October: A Recap
Some days are grey and underwater and I lie in bed and type with wool socks on and languish and then bike to Manhattan and strike the sides of unobservant vans in Chinatown with my fists, and anger. But then … Continue reading
Posted in Cat Kitsch
Tagged art, cats, cornell university, Friskies, Maine Coon, photography, plymouth church, prospect heights beer works
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From Huntingdon
It’s curious to make a habit of staying in a different apartment (#2) in one’s own former apartment (#6) building. The sounds are the same, just slightly different (farther from the train, closer to The Friendly), the ceilings are higher and the … Continue reading
Posted in Cat Kitsch
Tagged cats, Huntingdon, Jake, Jake Weller, mailing, Maine Coon, Pennsylvania, Rothrock Outfitters, USPS
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Three in the bed, one on the floor.
I speak often of the luck, of the love I have in my life. However, I am feeling it keenly today, the morning after the night I conned three of my most beloved loved ones into having a slumber party, … Continue reading
Gotta Get Down on Friday
What’s up, everyone? It is Friday. It is 11:13 am. I have been awake for five hours. I am astonishingly tired, but too pleased at the prospect of weekend visitors to mind much. Plus, there are cats, which never get … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, The Cats of Others
Tagged art, Art history, buzzfeed, cats, Maine Coon, vacation
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For Everyone
I am lucky, thankful. For the people who call you when a storm, a monsoon is raging outside your window and you are inside your apartment putting on your flimsy raincoat and packing your waterproof bike bag and tell you … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, Sightings!, The Cats of Others, Uncategorized
Tagged Brooklyn, cats, GO Brooklyn, Jake Weller, Maine Coon, Pratt, summer, visitors
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The Things I Did in July
Often the world feels big and slow, hot and still and turning at a barely discernable rate until I leave my apartment, feel the sun on my skin and the salt in my eyes from sweat and from the ocean. … Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Bag O'Cats, Olive, Sightings!, The Cats of Others, The Cats of Summer, Uncategorized
Tagged cats, fat cat, July, Maine Coon, New Mexico, santa fe, United States
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