Rescue Story: Cookie’s Homecoming Day
ON DECEMBER 6, 1992, during a heavy storm of snow and ice, a little neighbor boy brought me a kitten
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Poem for Sunday: The Gift of a Morning
Cookie gave me many gifts in all the years she was with me, including the visual discoveries from this particular
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From the Archives: Kelly in Silhouette, September 17, 2008
Kelly was an amazing silhouette study on any windowsill. Petite and slender, her silhouette always had so much detail, and
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From the Archives: The Day Mimi Became “One of the Girls”, 2010
Once upon a time, Mimi was not the queen of the household, owner of the human and supervisor of all
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Vintage Photo: Tabby and White and Tortie, 1994 and 2021
The onlookers at the basement door have evolved as my family of felines has evolved. Very soon after I moved
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Winter Into Spring
Well, we aren’t to April, the cruelest month—if you’ve read the poem by T. S. Eliot*—yet, but even late winter
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Vintage Photo: Birdwatching for Two, January 1996
There’s something about a mourning dove that just gets my cats all worked up. Sophie and Cookie were purrfectly still,
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Marketplace: Save on Boxed Dozen Holiday Cards
It’s time for my annual sale on boxed dozen holiday cards, $10.00 per box! You can stock up now and
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Vintage Photo: Christmas-y, 1993
I’ve never decorated much for the holidays inside, and this is why. I have single candelabras on the windowsills, and
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From the Archives: My Tortie Girls, November 28, 2011
What secrets do you suppose my two tortie girls were sharing? That cute tabby boy who’s been visiting from Midland
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