The Cat’s Out of the Bag: And Apparently, He is Part of the Snowflake Menace. Wow. It seems a particularly disgruntled reader has decided that Scott Metzger’s cartoons—which mostly dare to suggest that cats and dogs have personalities and their behaviors are quite funny at times—are actually deep-state political propaganda. Apparently, a feline’s habits are…
Two Sundays ago (March 5, 2017) we lost our beloved little Sam. He was just barely six months old. He rapidly developed an unexplained, and terribly high fever. He had not been sick, nor did he display any other signs or symptoms. We took him to the University of Illinois Small Animal Clinic knowing what…
#ProjectZen #Day15 #GratitudeProject I am not feeling very wordy today. Most of my concentration has been spent on breathing and controlling pain while I was awake. I slept a lot. But because I really want to see my month-long gratitude project through to the end, here I am on Day 15. Only for a moment,…
#ProjectZen #Day13 #GratitudeProject On 1/23/2011, our beloved FRANKLIN “The Zen Master” came to live with us from Kentucky. Quite a few people were instrumental in his transport (drivers and contributors). We found out that he was also the wrong cat after the fact. We were supposed to get Beans (who happens to be Franklin’s litter-mate).…
#ProjectZen #Day6 #GratitudeProject Today I am grateful for Sam, Dean, and Flower. When I look at them…..when I cuddle with them….they bring me great joy, great peace…..they make me happy. I love them very much. You can read more about how they became part of our family here: So, we rescued some kittens.
Friday, January 13, 2017 – North Bergen, New Jersey * There are photos in this blog that may be upsetting to some people! * On Thursday morning Kelly Shannon went out to feed a few friendly neighborhood feral cats, just like she always does before work every day. Imagine her horror and surprise when she…
(I wrote a little story for fun for a little girl who is 2 going on 3, the daughter of friends of mine. I used mutual Facebook friends and their pets, as characters in the story, with everyone’s permission. I tried to incorporate some personal hobbies from each person too, and made photo-shopped images for…
(I wrote a little story for fun for a little girl who is 2 going on 3, the daughter of friends of mine. I used mutual Facebook friends and their pets, as characters in the story, with everyone’s permission. I tried to incorporate some personal hobbies from each person too, and made photo-shopped images for…
(I wrote a little story for fun for a little girl who is 2 going on 3, the daughter of friends of mine. I used mutual Facebook friends and their pets, as characters in the story, with everyone’s permission. I tried to incorporate some personal hobbies from each person too, and made photo-shopped images for…
(I wrote a little story for fun for a little girl who is 2 going on 3, the daughter of friends of mine. I used mutual Facebook friends and their pets, as characters in the story, with everyone’s permission. I tried to incorporate some personal hobbies from each person too, and made photo-shopped images for…