Tag Archives: Maine Coon

Spring Break, Woo!

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

As previously mentioned, last week Jake and I set forth into the snow, to commence my spring break. We made a big triangle– an Amtrak ride west from Penn Station to Huntingdon, several days spent in sunny Central Pennsylvania with … Continue reading →

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A Cat Named Maus Turns Four!

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

You all remember Maus.   Well, we here at welltailoredsuit are very pleased to wish her a happy fourth birthday! It is my great pleasure to read the blog of her human, Clair, on the regular (Finding Clairity) and from … Continue reading →

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Their memories are what give them the need for other hands.

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

A poem I heard once spoken aloud by its author– for this rainy Brooklyn night. As my Camera Coon would say, be well. Wait by Galway Kinnell Wait, for now. Distrust everything, if you have to. But trust the hours. … Continue reading →

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Luxury Goods

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

When we brought Olive home from the 92nd Street ASPCA she came in a cardboard box with holes punched in it, out of which her paws swiped at my ankles for the entirety of the hour-long subway ride home.   … Continue reading →

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Louise Bourgeois & Berkeley Springs

Posted on February 17, 2013 by

We are once again on a bus, a gummy-windowed discount bus with wifi and seat outlets, hurtling in the darkness toward that glimmery New York City– we are maybe an hour out. Often when we are on a bus, we’ve … Continue reading →

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14th Day

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

It is many things. It is the sixth anniversary of my friendship with Quinn– on February 14, 2007 he shouted at my friend Cecil as she and I waded through the crowded Juniata College cafeteria, “HEY NICE SHIRT” and I … Continue reading →

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Spooky Meow

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

Our little apartment (our room, really) is so dark, painted in greys this morning, smelling of coffee and sounding of the rain at the window and the heater steaming and hissing beneath it. It seems always to be the days … Continue reading →

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Sunday Slushpile

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

When one is wearing jammies, drinking coffee, and putting off the work to be done, when the colors outside are white for the snow and blue for the sky, when the apartment is a filled with clean light, when the … Continue reading →

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Inside from the Wind and Weather

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

Yesterday, last night, it snowed.     Today the sun is boisterous and the snow stands as evidence as the sky having been filled with air that is wet. (I am pursuing a career in Science.) To celebrate these auspicious … Continue reading →

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1st Bunker Party of 2013

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

We are told that big weather is on its way, and we are safe inside, jammies and sweaters and Jake on his sewing machine and me with my tea and my schoolwork. Outside the wind is blowing and the rain … Continue reading →

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