From the Archives: Old and Not So Old, December 14, 2005
Stanley and Moses curl up together in fine symmetry like double quotes; Stanley was 24, Moses was 19, and the
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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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Daily Photo Reprise: Girl Talk, 2011
What secrets do you suppose my two tortie girls are sharing today? That cute tabby boy who’s been visiting from
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Saying Thanks (Almost) Before Every Meal
Eager for her bowl at each mealtime her humble and reserved personality had other cats served first, but that gave
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Oh Very Young…
From a few years ago, when Mewsette struggled to understand why she couldn’t be part of the “senior kitty lunch
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Daily Photo: Feeling a Little Better
Emeraude is feeling just a little better, just enough to eat a little and socialize. She is still tired and
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Daily Photo: Not Well
I’ve been watching Emeraude for the past couple of weeks, tracking symptoms that might have only been part of the
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The Cavatina, 2013
I’ve learned to let go of many of the material attachments I have with a kitty soon enough after I’ve
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Daily Photo Reprise: Who’ll Stop the Rain?
On a rainy November afternoon in 2011, Cookie was so unhappy with the cold wet rain that she decided to
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Daily Photo Reprise: Something in the Geraniums, 2011
Cookie never ceased to amaze me… In late November 2011 I carried my plants inside, arranging a number of them
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