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Vintage Photo Essay con Kitty
As I mentioned, Jake’s Christmas contribution to my life warranted its own post both for its bulk and its heart. You all remember Tsi-Shi? Well, on December 26th I drove JQ (Emma!) and myself four hours south from … Continue reading
Posted in The Cats of Others
Tagged Chesapeake, Christmas, Christmas tree, found cat, Holidays, Jake, lost cat, Maine Coon, Maryland
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My Greatest Gift is You, But Then There Are All These Cats You Gave Me
It’s a day late, but here it is…..my rambling, perhaps not fully inclusive roll call of all the lovely and much-appreciated cat-related presents that came my way this Christmas. from AUNTIE L It was a misty moment indeed when Jake’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cat Kitsch, Charming Anecdote, Olive, The Cats of Others
Tagged Brooklyn, cat, Christmas, gift, Jake Weller, Maine Coon, Maryland, thank you, White Haven
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Wrapping Up The Christmas Explosion
The holiday season often is this kind of amped-up dreamy sensuous blur of lights and paper and bus windows and snow and sand and late lunches and early coffees and too many glasses of wine and too few hours of … Continue reading
Written Yesterday, for Today.
We are passengers in the middle of this bus, headed back east through snow dusted rock cuts in a long line of cars that grows in number as we pass each exit. We are returning from a long holiday hiatus … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, Olive
Tagged 2012, Arts, Christmas, God, Maine Coon, poetry, Romance
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They Wished You A Merry Mike-mas
In Quinn time, we’ve been celebrating for twenty-four hours now. Welcome to Christmas, Day 2: Christmas Eve Proper. Today is the one that sees us traveling to the Scranton area to visit with the Quinn side of the family…. we … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, The Cats of Others
Tagged Brooklyn, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Maine Coon, mike, Traditions
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The Hours Before Sun
The Quinns are early risers. Just shy of 5:30 am, my mother cheerfully disbanded the sleepover JQ and I began last night, the slumber that began (as all great slumbers should) with “Murder, She Wrote” on sleeptimer. Coffee brewed, the … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote
Tagged art, birthday, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Holidays, Maine Coon, Murder She Wrote, sebring, Sylvia Plath
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Bringing it Back
I have been absent for some time. I have been writing papers about contemporary photography and old masters’ paintings and papers about Lewis Carroll’s problematic images of young girls and creating super sad photo installations while listening to Leonard Cohen … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote
Tagged Arrested Development, Brooklyn, Christmas, Leonard Cohen, Lewis Carroll, Maine Coon, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Pratt
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Coffee in Bed, Cat in Bed
As time goes on, I turn to my bed for more and more– I eat and drink there with increasing relish and, because we are living in a studio apartment with frequent guests, often the bed turns into a couch for … Continue reading
Posted in Cat Kitsch, Charming Anecdote, Mixed Bag O'Cats, Olive
Tagged BBC, bed, Brooklyn, CBS, Christmas, coffee, craft, Japan, Maine Coon, NPR
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Lately
I have been traveling home often, more often than usual– for Christmas, for birthdays, for art projects. My time back in the Poconos is decidedly pleasant, marked by long lazy afternoons playing Scrabble with my brother (mon bon croissant), long … Continue reading
Posted in Charming Anecdote, The Cats of Others
Tagged applesauce, birthday, Brooklyn, cat, Christmas, EMMA, Erica Quinn, Jake Weller, Maine Coon, Pets, Poconos, Recreation, Scrabble
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