Product Review: DNA TESTING FOR CATS REALIZED!
You’re at a shelter or rescue a cat from the street. You don’t know anything about how they’ll behave once they’re in your home. One of the biggest fears is that this new cat won’t get along with the...
View ArticleThe Rock Star's Fifth Daughter. The Perplexing Case of Holly Kellogg. Part 1.
I don’t know how this story is going to end and frankly there have been times I just wanted to walk away from this whole situation with my hands up in the air, completely surrendered to failure, but...
View ArticleThe Rock Star's Fifth Daughter. The Perplexing Case of Holly Kellogg. Part 2.
(continued from Part 1)After my first visit, I put together a written game plan of steps to take next. I didn’t want to over-complicate things by telling them EVERY SINGLE THING we could do to change...
View ArticleThe Rock Star's Fifth Daughter. The Perplexing Case of Holly Kellogg. Part 6
(continued from Part 1, 2,3,4, and 5.)Annie and Andy’s (A&A) possible adopter was willing to wait a few weeks, while Holly stayed with us. It also gave me a few more weeks with A&A, who YES, I...
View ArticleThe Rock Star's Fifth Daughter. The Perplexing Case of Holly Kellogg. Part 7
(continued from Part 1, 2,3,4,5 and 6.)Ten Days Later Holly began peeing on the bed, on her own cat bed that was on the mattress, on Mia’s cat bed that was on the mattress. I did load after load after...
View Article2017. A Look Back on a Tumultuous Year.
2017 was a lousy year that followed another lousy year (2016). That I’m alive and have a roof over my head sort of surprises me. I’m VERY GRATEFUL for what I have, so grateful. I’m lucky, even with...
View ArticleThe Never-Ending Rescue: Pistachio. Part 2 of 2.
What the Hell was I going to do? I used to depend on Sam. He helped out when the kittens needed a claw trim (my close-up vision sucks) or he’d hold a kitten so I can give them medication. I needed to...
View ArticleThe Lesson is Love.
I don’t believe anyone knows how to have a perfectly functioning, completely fulfilling multi-year relationship, let alone one that lasts multi-decades as Sam and mine has. You can decide to make rules...
View ArticleLOST...and FOUND
For the past few years I’ve been feeling like my life is flowing in too many directions, wild, out of control. I feel guilty. I need to rein it in. I’m always busy, but it seems like a constant state...
View ArticleThe Long Road Home
I’m in a hamster-wheel, spinning, spinning, spinning. Every day is the same, every moment a repeat of the previous. That’s how my life has felt these past eighteen months.My partner, Sam, moved to New...
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