A Great Rescue: Sooty
SOMETIMES IT DOESN’T MATTER how much sentiment is attached to adopting a cat, how much people pay for a cat,
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rescue stories
Poem: A Rescue Remembered
I love winter and snow, bare trees and angled sunlight. Visiting my little back yard daily in all weather reminds
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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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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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Rescue Story Reprise: Remembering Smudge
I JUST RECENTLY HEARD that we lost Smudge, the older kitten in this story—I grabbed him from this back road
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The Glowing Eyes
Some people don’t even notice the glowing eyes as they drive along the darkened streets, but for anyone who’s spent
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Remember Me Thursday Pet Adoption Awareness Campaign
Between three and four million pets lose their lives in shelters in the US each year despite all our efforts
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Rescue Story: Irina and Isis, Saved From the Flood
Irina and Isis are a couple of rescued kitties I’ve met along the way, working on projects and visiting friends.
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