Apologies to Yeats for this one, as my terrible eyesore is nothing as profound or lyrical as the “terrible beauty” he describes in his poem about the Irish uprising of 1916. Still, 92 years later I’ve just wrapped an Easter day that included plenty of polite, meaningless words interrupted by a variety of odd, unsettling […]
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Simon cruised tonight! Not a hesitant step or two around the ottoman either, but a full, confident cruise at a respectable pace. Hurray for Stinkpot! I was so proud of him that I almost cried. Okay, I did cry a little. We brought home a ride and walk toy from our friends the Braunsteins a […]
If my Aunt Marcia is up in heaven watching over her family, I sincerely hope she’s so busy keeping track of my Uncle Sam, her three children, eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild that I’m lost in the mix. At her funeral just over six months ago, I promised her family that I’d finish up her […]
It’s not like I expected to celebrate turning 38 the same way I celebrated turning 10, 16, 21, or even 30. It’s just that I thought I might celebrate turning 38 the same way I celebrated turning 37.Turns out it wasn’t in the cards for me this year. I first surmised that this would be […]
I’ll blog later today or tomorrow about Simon, but for now I have a new Tristan update. He’s still in the kitty hospital, and I still miss him a whole bunch. With luck, he’ll come home tonight. I went to see him yesterday about noon, and to my pleasant surprise he had already had his […]
I just came back from the hospital’s visiting hours, and Tristan is doing well. He purred quite a bit and even ate a little of his prescription food for me. Today his creatine and BUN levels are both normal, so his kidney function was clearly only temporarily and mildly affected by the blockage. Today they […]
Hello Everyone, Please keep my favorite kitten Tristan in your thoughts. (Percival is my favorite cat in case you were wondering…) He’s at the veterinary hospital right now, and he’s likely to be there for 2-3 days, as he has a urinary blockage that requires catheterization, IV fluids, and close monitoring. Thankfully, we caught things […]
I wasn’t actually planning to celebrate Boxing Day, of course, but I did plan to have some fun. My Wednesday sitter called to cancel Tuesday night, which meant that after many busy days preparing for or celebrating holidays, today I was going to cancel my attic-cleaning project, sit back, and enjoy some down-time with Simon. […]
It’s a bit after 11:00 p.m.., and I just wrapped my second Christmas Eve. Simon is asleep after having a very busy day, Matt is downstairs watching Monty Python videos (my present to him) after a sort-of busy day, and the cats are napping after having a not very busy at all day. It’s good […]
Well, today is it: Simon’s first birthday. One year ago last night, a singer auditioned for Matt’s band who was so very bad and so very annoying that I joked at the time that he might send me into labor. Then I awoke at 5:20 or so the next morning with a pop of amniotic […]