A Cat By Any Other Name

      Still life with cats: the story of me

 

November 1, 2008

Green

When we moved into this house last year we knew even before we bought it that the kitchen would have to be redone. (…)

 

November 2, 2008

Mulled

You have to time the visit just right. If you try to go up too close to Halloween, not only do you have to put up with heavy crowds, it’s also more likely to still be a bit too warm. (…)

 

November 3, 2008

Awash

We’ve been getting some heavy rain, here in the Sacramento valley. (…)

 

November 4, 2008

Yes we CAN!!

I have been watching the polls. Richard has been obsessively checking fivethirtyeight.com for weeks now. (…)

 

November 5, 2008

Loving vs Not

But here is the thing. Even though this is not what we wanted and hoped for, I still believe that eventually, reason and tolerance will prevail.

 

November 6, 2008

Recipe for apple butter

Take a whole pile of apples (about 5 or 6 pounds), recently purchased from Apple Hill, which have reached the state of ripeness where a person who will only eat their apples if rock hard and not the slightest bit squishy or grainy, can no longer eat them (um, that would be me, and why yes, I *do* have Fruit Issues, thanks for asking). (…)

 

November 7, 2008

Icelandic Lace

This morning I got up an extra half hour early , because tonight is the monthly First Friday craft night, at which time I have to pass thing off to its rightful owner, and I could not possibly procrastinate any longer. (…)

 

November 9, 2008

Rallied

In a state where two people can be married simply by signing some papers; a contract that DOES NOT REQUIRE any mention of a god or goddess nor any involvement of any type of religion whatsoever; in a country where separation of church and state means that we all have the right to NOT have someone else’s religion foisted upon us, I would really like to get one legitimate reason why this type of marriage can be considered wrong.

 

November 10, 2008

Hard time

It is a hard life, here in our house, if you are a cat.

 

November 11, 2008

All over

In case you were wondering…