Critter of the day: Lilo the Cat eating broccoli
My cat eats broccoli. She also eats socks. I like it better when she eats broccoli. Read more …
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Birds of the Day: American Robin parent and chick
It’s summer, and birds of a certain age—too old to be fledglings and too young to be independent juveniles—are all around if you know where to look: usually upwards, particularly if you hear a high-pitched peep-peep. Read more …
Cat Care: Episode MLXIII of Living with a Fabric-Eating Cat
In which I take Lilo on a walk in an attempt to get her to please not eat another pair of my Chacos. (It all makes sense when you read it; I promise.) Read more …
Charity auction: Cats & Quilts & Human Rights
I donated two copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul’s My Very Good, Very Bad Cat to a charity auction run by Readers & Writers for LGBT Chechens. It’s the book that made Lilo print-famous by including my essay about her fabric-eating misadventures. Be the winning bidder to get a signed copy of the book and a personalized thank you from … Read more
Thursday is lazy cat day
We had a very springlike day today. I had a migraine so wasn’t in the mood for so much sun, but the cats were sure happy.
Adventures in Spray Painting #1
I’ve recently been going through a bit of a spray painting phase, urged on by the approach of winter and the fact that it will soon be too cold to spray paint. It also helped that my friend Dekalb was cleaning out his basement and found eight cans of spray paint left there by previous residents. Old spray paint isn’t … Read more
Leopard or House Cat?
When I was in South Africa, I saw this leopard and thought, “Hmmm, something about that looks familar.” …
The most famous cat on the block
I opened the door this afternoon to find a box I my doorstep from Simon & Schuster distribution. What could it be? Then I remembered that Chicken Soup for the Soul had told me to expect copies of its newest anthology, My Very Good Very Bad Cat, around this time. I contributed an essay about Lilo’s fabric-eating habit to the book. Read more …
Cats and houseplants
Spider plants, tremble in fear. The highlight of Lilo’s week, other than escaping out the back door and hiding under the deck a few times, was the other night when we had our first frost. I brought in several my houseplants from outside to keep them from getting frost-killed and stuck as many as I could in the kitchen sink to … Read more