For all the love and joy and fun animals have brought to my life, all their stories end in inevitable sadness. Not, for the most part, in the sense that anything bad necessarily happened to them. They just all have such short lives. There is nothing I would change, if I had to do it … Continue reading Triggers →

All my cat's stories are intertwined. They really do each lead to another. Panther was kidnapped from a stable. I was not the perpetrator of this crime, but I was the receiver of goods, so-to-speak. Karleen, the rescuer, had noticed a little black cat running around at a ranch and she perceived him to be … Continue reading Panther →

Kind of a wacky picture for a wacky subject. I used to have a great art app on my iPad. It was fun. British Sterling, as it used to be, was a damnable currency. Foreigners must have had a hell of a time figuring it out, because there didn't seem to be a sensible thought … Continue reading First encounters →

"What", you may be asking is"that"? That was Thimphu ("Tim-Pooh") aged 12 weeks. My intention to write one piece about all my Himalayan cats was scuppered when I realised Tim was a story all by himself. Tim - Thimphu, actually. I always try to name Himalayan cats appropriately. Thimphu is the capital of the Himalayan … Continue reading Thimphu →

Double rainbows...really! Today I celebrate the miracle of vision! For the past two or more years I have been struggling with double vision, the real problem being that it came and went, defying diagnosis. Finally, though, in the last few months my eyesight was just plain screwy, so I took myself to a new doctor … Continue reading Seeing double →

This adorable little dog weighs heavy on my conscience. Sometimes decisions we make with the best, most loving of intentions can turn out so terribly wrong. I'm not sure I shall ever forgive myself for this one. Wendy and Jill were just young pups when I came to live with my aunty Kay. They were … Continue reading Jazz →

Kaysie with her beloved Penny, one of Minxie2's pups It's been over twenty years since I last looked into those beautiful blue eyes, since I last hugged my darling aunty Kay. Today was her birthday but I have never needed the calendar to remind me of this wonderful lady. Kay was a GI bride. Just … Continue reading My Darling Kaysie →