What on earth is this, World Cat Day? I am really in the dark about what this is and what it means but I like the sound of it, so I went online and found out that there are about a million more cats existing as pets than dogs (at least in 2007) and that cats are, above all pets, the most popular. Somebody’s thinking around here, that’s for...
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Great name, no? Mama planted this stuff from seeds that her friend, Jacquie, sent and lo and behold (where did that come from? have to look it up), a forest of dark green, thick-leaved, lovely plants pushed up out of our garden’s magic soil to make a perfect hideaway for…guess who…? Or, guess whom? Haha. In these hot summer afternoons, there I...
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WHAT’S THAT? The doorbell rang, making me jump straight up out of my dream. Jehovah’s Witness? Neighbors wanting to use our parking space (happens all the time—mostly they just use it and don’t ask…c’est la vie)? Young pregnant-two-weeks-away-from-delivery neighbor across the street needing a midwife, quickly? I meowed my worry....
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(VOTE, OR ELSE….) Once again in Zimbabwe Mugabe has coerced voters and stuffed ballot boxes for yet another win. If this man ever had pets, I fear what he might do to them. I wouldn’t be his cat if you gave me all of Aftica on a plate, with all of its natural resources and beauty—I wouldn’t come within a mile of that man for fear he could...
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It’s blowing around here like the Sahara, about 90 degrees and hot, hot winds that make my fur go the wrong way, but at least we have, finally, SUMMER. There are actually tomatoes on the vines and I saw three red ones this morning, which made us all very happy since the basil was crying out for a nice caprese (mozzarella, tomato and basil, as most of...
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(Hitting high C–piece o’ cake!) Having just discovered that my precious, light-hearted name is frequently used in song, ditty, sea chant, bawdy/rowdy limerick and such (no link to THESE–they are verboten on MY blog!), I thought I would list them here just in case you wish to sing along with me every now and then as I whistle and hum...
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