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Category Archives: Animal Rescue
Orange Dude, and other odds and ends
My sister and I have spent the past several months clearing out mom and dad’s house to get it ready to put on the market. Forty years and three thousand square feet of memories, junk, and a few treasures. My … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Cats, Elderly Parents, Mid-Life
Tagged Animal Rescue, Cats, Decluttering, Elderly Parents, Estate Sale
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Ella and Her Cat
As you probably have heard on the news, there have been lots of storms across Texas. So last Sunday, April 17, I brought the little cat inside. Again. Slippery slope, indeed. But instead of simply cratering to the cuteness, I … Continue reading
Slippery Slope
I let the little stray cat in over the weekend to give the birds a break.
Posted in Animal Rescue, Birds, Cats
Tagged Animal Rescue, Birds, Cats, Feral Cats, Stray Cats
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Cat Number 4?
Several months ago during a bad thunderstorm, I heard a loud, repeated thunking on the side of my condo. After the worst of the storm had passed, I went outside to investigate. Tucked behind the a/c, up against the side … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Cats
Tagged Animal Rescue, animals, Cats, Feral Cats, Spay and Neuter
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For Steve
Two years ago today, my brother Steve died of acute myelogenous leukemia at age 52. Three days shy of getting his 90-Day sobriety chip. While the cause of death officially was cancer, in actuality it was alcoholism. The alcohol killed … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal Rescue, Cats, Death and Grief, Sobriety, Sophie
Tagged 100-Day Sober Challenge, Acute myelogenous leukemia, Acute myeloid leukemia, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal Rescue, animals, cancer, Cats, Death, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Sobriety
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Three Black Cats
Sophie the former stray’s two-year rescueversary is in two and a half weeks, on March 12. The transition has not been an easy one for my two shelter rescues, Sadie and Sally. In fact, it has been rather tumultuous at … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Cats, Sophie
Tagged Animal Rescue, animals, Cats, Stray Cat, Stray Cats
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Waiting to Exhale
I posted a status on Facebook last night at around 8:30 pm: “Almost. Just a few more hours. I’m not going to say anything more, lest I jinx us.” Which apparently was enough to set off a giant sobbing jag. … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Cats, Great Bear Rainforest, Photography, Travel
Tagged Alcoholism, Animal Rescue, animals, British Columbia, Cats, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Great Bear Rainforest, Grief, Lightroom, nature, Nikon, Nikon D3200, outdoors, Photography, Spirit Bear, Stray Cat, Stray Cats, Travel
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Black Cat Friday
Yes, I am a day late. And actually, I didn’t snap this photo until moments ago. But it’s a miracle! Sophie-the-former-stray (right) jumped up onto my (unmade) bed while Sally-the-wicked-stepsister (left) was having a clean. No one growled. Not once. … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Cats, Sophie
Tagged Animal Rescue, animals, Cats, Stray Cat, Stray Cats
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Sophie the Strange
It’s been nearly two years since Sophie-the-formerly-stray cat entered my life, and twenty months since she entered my home. It’s official–she’s an odd little cat. Before I get to her oddities, here are three photos from today’s shoot. She’s quite … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Cats, Grief, Healing, Sophie
Tagged Animal Rescue, animals, Cats, Grief, Healing, Love, Stray Cat, Stray Cats
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Ella of Arc
A couple of weeks ago, I went to a writers’ retreat on Orcas Island taught by memoirist, Theo Nestor. It was a momentous four days. Four days of clearing the hurdles I’d constructed between me and writing my story. I thought, having cleared … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rescue, Cats, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Grief, Grieving, Memoir, Sophie, Writing
Tagged Animal Rescue, animals, Cats, Death, Death and Grief, Death of a sibling, Grief, Grieving, Memoir, Orcas Island, Stray Cat, Stray Cats, Theo Nestor, Theo Pauline Nestor, Writing, Writing Retreat
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