Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
photos photos photos. first, mollie, resting up for a night of constant begging. she got many, many treats throughout the evening, spending a lot of time lying on the dining room floor right below the salami. amy and jim outdid themselves, as usual. they’re...
Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
hmm, the halloween party…well, i’m pretty sure people had a good time…but it was a little sad for me, because of the people who weren’t there. dad didn’t come to the party for the first time this year; he said he just doesn’t do so...
Oct 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
yeah yeah yeah i know you’re waiting for the halloween photos, but i haven’t done them yet. to keep you occupied, here is a math problem for you. mary patton came as an evil math witch; she had math problems pasted all over her black dress and hat. here is...
Oct 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
first, a picture kevin took the other day of winnie, always valiantly trying to relax. even though he’s traumatized by chester, who stalks him sometimes, he still manages to find a little kitty happiness now and then. this morning we took everybody out back, so...
Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
DID YOU SEE THE GAME? it was UNBELIEVABLY EXCITING, one of the most historic ever, according to an article i just read. first, there were all kinds of crazy things – a ranger tripped into the base and really hurt his ankle, another guy leapt over another...
Oct 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
after being closed for repairs since july 5th, they’re opening up the historic vachel lindsey bridge at 10:15 on tuesday november 1st. the repairs cost 1.9 million dollars. so that’s enough for the salaries for two rookie baseball players, but it...
Oct 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
mom and her friend sharon got to go the 2nd game of the world series in st. louis last week. they look like they had fun, don’t they? here’s sharon with her white towel they gave out. and sharon wanted to go talk to one of the few rangers fans who were...
Oct 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
did you get invited to our halloween party? if you didn’t, i don’t know why not – today amy invited a couple more people, including her delightful 91 year-old friend ruth, plus stu, the manager of food fantasies. if you weren’t invited, i...
Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
my friend beverly wrote to me and told me that chester looks like her cat, which is a tuxedo cat, with a white stomach and white paws. she described how a tuxedo cat has mixed-colored paws, so i quickly had to hunt down chester and look at the bottoms of his paws. ...
Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
yesterday we went to the cat show at the fairgrounds and there were all these very very sad, lovely kitties who needed to be adopted – older cats who didn’t have a great chance of somebody taking them home, and i wanted to take them ALL HOME, so bad…...
Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
my darling aunt sandy brought us MANY MANY lou malanti’s delectable fabulous delicious pizzas down from chicago yesterday afternoon! many, many choices! i probably will never eat again. i have no photos right now of our new kitty, whose name is now CHESTER...
Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
i just read this powerful thing by steve jobs, who reflected on mortality in a 2005 commencement speech at Stanford: Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost...
Oct 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
on sunday kevin laid the little baby squirrel under the giant hosta in the front, so he’d get the last bit of warmth of the day. he didn’t make it through the night. yesterday morning i drove in the driveway and a few squirrels were scampering near the...
Oct 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
yesterday afternoon i was busily bustling around doing all manner of things. i was happy because i’d heard kevin take les paul out for a walk in the backyard. the responsibility of walking this very busy kitty needs to be evenly distributed. mollie was out...
Oct 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
here is our adorable new kitty. i took these with my camera, so i don’t have any formal portraits yet. we can’t think of a name. any suggestions would be appreciated. meanwhile, i now realize why everybody was so intent and focused and barking the other...
