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Category Archives: Cats
Cat Number Four
This is Lucy (a/k/a Lucy Long Tail). She used to live on the other side of my fence in a Buddhist Temple feral cat colony. Her mother hid her and her littermates under my air conditioner slab to keep … Continue reading
On Spinsterhood
Wikipedia, states: Spinster is a term referring to an unmarried woman who is older than what is perceived as the prime age range during which women should marry. It could also indicate that a woman is considered unlikely to ever … Continue reading
Posted in Abusive Relationships, BigLaw, Cats, Female Attorneys, Feminism, Gender Bias at Law Firms, Law Firm Gender Bias, Lawyer, Marriage, Mid-Life, Practice of Law, Relationships, Settling, spinster, Spinster, Women Lawyers
Tagged Bachelor, Bachelorette, Confirmed Bachelor, Confirmed Bachelorette, Old Maid, spinster, Spinster with Cats, spinsterhood
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The more things change . . .
Two years ago, as my mother was dying from Alzheimer’s, I wondered how my life would be different once she was gone. I felt as if I was suspended between my life before the deaths of my nuclear family, and … Continue reading
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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Better Living Through Science
I take back every bad thing I ever said about antidepressants. OK, maybe not everything. Abilify did make my hair fall out. Viibryd gave me sleestak dreams. Wellbutrin plugged me up until I began looking like a snake who’d swallowed … Continue reading
Posted in Alcoholism, Antidepressants, BigLaw, Brintellix, Cats, CKD Cat, Death and Grief, Deplin, Depression, Grief, Prediabetes, Subcutaneous Fluids
Tagged Abilify, Alcoholism, Antidepressants, Brintellix, Chronic Kidney Disease Cats, CKD Cat, Colonic, Colonoscopy, Deplin, Depression, diabetes, Health, LCHF, Low-carb high-fat, Mammogram, Prediabetes, Reversing prediabetes, Sobriety, Sub-Q Fluids Cat, Subcutaneous Fluids Cats, Texas Capitol, type 2 diabetes, Viibryd, Wellbutrin
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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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Mom and Sadie Health Reports
I think my mother has moved into the next phase of dementia. The end phase. Mom has had repeated infections over the past year: multiple urinary tract infections, and more recently, MRSA. The MRSA hospitalization over the Thanksgiving holiday appears … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Cats, CKD Cat, Dementia, Elderly Parents, Subcutaneous Fluids
Tagged Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Chronic Kidney Disease Cats, CKD Cat, Dementia, Elderly Parents, End-Stage Dementia, Hospice, Hospice for Dementia, Late-Stage Alzheimer's, Late-Stage Dementia, Long Distance Caregiving, MRSA, Palliative Care, Stages of Alzheimer's, Stages of Dementia, Subcutaneous Fluids Cats, Vascular Dementia
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