Remember all those family holidays – and you were relegated to the kids’ table? Fucking great wasn’t it? No worries about having your manners corrected. Nobody judged you for what you did or did not put on your plate! You want to slip food to the cat – no problem. Farts were sources of merriment…
We’ve had Murphy, our orange tabby for a few years now. He is as sweet now as the day we adopted him from Town Cats. We got him after our dear Oliver (big fluffy gray scaredy cat) passed away because Leo was clearly missing having someone to play with. I had decided I really wanted…
And you know what that means, right? It means that the weather is getting cooler and cats want to snuggle! No wonder I love the Fall! Our brown tabby, Leo, likes to get on the back of my chair and then climb over my shoulder so I can hold him. His usual trick is to…
For some reason, I’ve been thinking of my first apartment lately. It was awful, but I was so proud to have a place of my own. In an old house that had been divided into 4 apartments – mine was a 1 bedroom on the first floor, right off a freeway and in a somewhat…
Anyone remember my post about the big black spider with the white spot that took up residence in our kitchen sink – the one that turned out to be some kind of fucking jumping spider? Well, her BIG brother has taken up residency in our mailbox; and he is showing no signs of moving elsewhere.…
I used to read self-help books. I’ve read some very useful ones too. I particularly like Shakti Gawain’s Living in the Light, where I learned that reality is what you make of it; or it’s all about your own perspective. And there’s another one, that I can’t remember the title or author, but what I…
Everyone should have a person in their life who loves them no matter what and is always there for them. For me, that was my Grandma Harris. God I loved her, and I still do to this day. My Grandma Cotter died when I was about 7 or so, and she was very ill before…
So our Labor Day Monday is going just fine. Nice lazy day. A little after 4 pm, Murphy (our cheese loaf cat) becomes demando cat. Pet me, pet me, pet me. Meow, meow, meow. His default is always Bill, but then he goes up to me – not unheard of, but unusual. Then I had…
I mean, it’s September – to me that means Fall is here! Just to be clear, I am not a pumpkin spice in everything kind of person. I love Fall, but I don’t need to eat Fall. However, when this recipe and I crossed paths, I just really wanted to try it – especially since…
I had to buy a new office chair. A bolt in the arm of my old one broke clean off! It broke clean off with part of the bolt still firmly screwed into the seat of the chair. Well, shit. And worst of all, it was the arm that has my mouse pad attached to…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 