Commissioned Portrait: Holly on the Rocker, a Portrait I Couldn’t Resist
Holly is a congenial little calico who greets you at the door and knows she’s the center of attention. On
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cat stories
Rescue Story Reprise: A Little Bit About Kelly
JUST ABOUT two years ago to the day I looked at Kelly and decided her story needed to be told
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About My Rescue Stories
Even decades later, some rescues I simply could not forget. Humorous, sad, complicated, I remembered the cats, the images, the
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Happy Fifth Anniversary, “The Creative Cat”
Hmmm…five years ago I said “good morning” to Peaches and Namir… …and Cookie and Kelly shared my lap… …and Mimi
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A Christmas Eve Rescue
One night not so long ago a young and slender black cat quickly and silently trotted down the sidewalk of
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The Unintended Gift: My first cat, and how cats became my muse
Now it’s time for my own rescue story, my first cat, and how I came to fill my life with
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Rescue Story: Cookie’s Homecoming Day
On December 9, 1992, during a heavy storm of snow and ice, a little neighbor boy brought me a kitten
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Rescue Story: Murphy, and the Happy Entanglement of Rescue
This story brings together details from several other rescue stories I’ve written including Cookie and the woman in the blue
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Witness to a Rescue
The actions in this story occurred in late November, right around Thanksgiving, so I always share it as my rescue
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Taking Sally Home
This is another in my series of stories for the season, prior to the Feast of All Hallowed, Samhain, the
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