It’s very quiet here. Yesterday, I buried Patches. At a ripe old age of 14 or 15, his health was rapidly going bad. It had been two days since I had last been able to feed him. Nothing told me more clearly that the time had come than seeing him unwilling to take a bite… Continue reading And Now there are Two.
Tag: Kittens
How do Writers with Cats Write?
I’m trying hard, working on chapter 17 of my outline, visualizing the land around Angel Fire, New Mexico and doing my best to stay inside the head of Joe, but there’s this kitten perched on my foot, trying her best to undo the double knotted shoe-laces. I’ve knocked her off too many times to count,… Continue reading How do Writers with Cats Write?
The Black Kitten has a Home
I nerved myself up to take the kittens over to the Petco store where I’d seen other people with animals to place. Such a public activity wasn’t my thing, but the kittens really needed a permanent home (before ours was destroyed). No one had called in response to Mary Ann’s advertisement. I put them in… Continue reading The Black Kitten has a Home