12 years ago, I brought Ivory home to my tiny apartment in Korea. On one hand it seems so long ago. On the other, it seems just like yesterday. She was so fuzzy. So was so shy. That first night she slept with me, I ended up all the way against the wall. A roughly…
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Nine years ago, my family said goodbye and sent Parquet over the Rainbow Bridge. I was living in Korea so my body wasn’t with him. My soul and spirit were though. Parquet was an amazing cat. You might even say he was a Mighty Kool Kat. He wandered up onto the deck one day and…
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I caught this beautiful sunset last week.
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I went to the Bedford Reservation of the Cleveland MetroParks today. We had a few inches of snow fall overnight, so I knew it would be particularly pretty. It was a balmy 20F out this afternoon. Needless to say, I didn’t last long. I probably would have been able to stay longer if I had…
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The cats got a condo for an early Christmas present. What an adventure that was. I ordered one from Amazon. I got it a few days later. When I went to put it together, it was missing half of the hardware. I called (!!)) Amazon and they said they would send a new one. They…
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Well, we got a white Christmas. I love them just as much as the next person. I would have preferred a “Candy Coating”, as Dick Goddard used to say. Thankfully, this was a light snow. The last storm we had, the snow was seriously wet and heavy. It only took me a few minutes to…
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Merry Christmas to my family and friends around the world!
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The child care center I work at had a Christmas door decorating contest. This year, I solicited votes from around the world. It’s time for me to announce which class did which door and the winning door. First, a review of the doors……. First let me say I was wrong about the Toddler doors. I…
Read more Door Decorating Contest — The Results
The child care center I work at is having a Christmas door decorating contest. This year, I’m soliciting voters from around the world. I’m not going to divulge which class did which door. I will say the 4 groups are infants up to 18 months, toddlers between 18 months and 2 years, toddlers between 2…
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