1) I'm grateful that our cat and dog are finally liberated from their respective prisons.  I've missed having them upstairs where we spend our evenings.2) I'm grateful that (maybe) the hemorrhaging of money from our bank account can stop now that we have an answer for how to keep our dog fro...  read more

When we first acquired our new cat Meep, I had said that I would wait for Meep to come to me, that I would not pursue her. As it turned out, Meep is such an affectionate cat that she did not need to be pursued. Ironically, it is I who must be pursued. Meep learns quickly, except when it came to...  read more

Meep has been adjusting well since she came to live with us. She is a little hunter. She spends most of her time in our screened in porch watching birds. She doesn’t watch idly. She crouches like a hunter watching her prey. Several times, while sitting on the couch, I have heard a smack! as...  read more

Petit voyage a Troyes avec Emilie et toute la famille !Temps un peu froid, mais tres bons moments avec la famille d'Emilie !Barbaluc et Yvette nous ont permis d'aller voir les concerts de Thomas Fersen, et San Severino !Et gratuitement en plus !Ca faisait un moment que je n'etais pas sortit voir ...  read more

As my best friend and I moved into our first home away from home (a smoky one-bedroom near the outskirts of town), her mom decided it was high time I get a cat. I grew up with cats. First there was Oreo, who had kittens when we lived in Kentucky, one of which we kept - Tubs. I vaguely recall bein...  read more

Poor Baxter.  Bax is my shitzu.  He and my kitty, Harley, have been roommates for nearly 4 years.  About 70% of the time, they would ignor one another, but for the rest of the time, they played together as much as a little dog and a large cat can stand to do.Last night, my Harley s...  read more

Aremid had outdoor privileges until October 2001, when a nasty scratch on his ear turned into an abscess. He and Zellouisa have been strictly indoors ever since! If you let your cats go outside because you think they enjoy it, you are probably right, but they really can adjust to staying indoors....  read more

For some reason, I always consider Aremid's birthday to be February 1, even though he was clearly older than 3 1/2 months old when I picked him up from his first home, a rural residence in the outskirts of Durham. No, I didn't rescue Aremid. He would've been thrilled to have lived the life of an ...  read more

Shortly after marrying Kyle we both realized that our life wasn't quite complete.  We needed to fill the void so we decided to adopt.  A cat that is.  We went to a shelter where these wee little ones were stuck in cages behind glass.  There was one little tabby (no bigger...  read more