Category: cats
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Starcat’s Favorites: Snuggling In
As I write this, the snow has just begun. We’re promised a pretty significant storm, so we’re snuggling in and working on projects, and planning to sleep in tomorrow. Hurrah for a white Christmas! And for not having to go out and drive around in the mess. We put our tree up yesterday, and we’re…
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Having Good Tools
As I mentioned in my last post, I have just joined the world of smartphones. Before this, I had the same cell phone since 2006, and we’d gotten rid of our land line at about that same time. I mostly used the phone, well, to make phone calls, plus as an alarm clock when I…
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Thriving in the Heat Wave
I love summer. Bring on the hot weather! I know, I know, my joy is annoying. So many people are bothered by the heat, it’s irritating to them when I say I love it. But, poor summer, someone has to be in love with her heat waves! I think I was a jungle cat in…
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Starcat’s Favorites: Memories
This past week was heavily steeped in memories. Quester’s Dad passed away last fall, and this week the family gathered for a private memorial. We spent our time together sharing stories, toasting his presence in our lives, and scattering his ashes in the ocean at his most beloved place. At the same time, we were…
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Merlin’s Ear
Aunt Peg noticed it first. She told me to check out Merlin cat’s right ear, because he didn’t want her petting it, and would flinch when she tried to. This is the cat who normally loves to have his ears scratched. So I checked it out, and sure enough, something was going on. It didn’t…
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I Knew I Was Really a Cat!
I recently ran across this article about otherkin. Otherkin, as defined by Wikipedia, means: …a community of people who see themselves as partially or entirely non-human. They contend that they are, in spirit if not in body, not human. Otherkin largely identify as mythical creatures, with others identifying as creatures from fantasy or popular culture.…
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Our Feline Photo Shoot
When we were creating the images for the new website last week, we discovered that the banner I’d been using for my blog was too large to fit in the banner spot on the new site. I wanted to use a new picture, anyway, though I still wanted to feature our lovely black cat, Merlin.…
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Curiosity Informs the Cat
One of the (many) things I love about cats is their innate curiosity. One night at a Dark Follies band rehearsal, the man who was hosting the practice at his home had some friends stop by, a bit earlier than they’d said they would. They’d brought their big dog with them. The friends and the…
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Am I Rusty?
Woke up to lots of rain again today. The trees and plants are loving it! I enjoyed giving a Reiki session this morning, followed by doing some chores and then working on my book. The cats were in and out, and Percy came and snuggled on my lap for a while when I was writing.…
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My Busy-ness
Over the past few weeks, I’ve come up with a bunch of ideas of things to post here, but haven’t actually sat down to write them up. Why? I’m busy. I know, lame excuse, everyone’s busy, you hear it all the time. This isn’t the type of busy I’ve had in the past, though, where…