Good news about Sammy today. I picked up her from her day-long ordeal
at TED a little while ago, and was happy with the test results. When
we got home her momma, LB, got a whiff of that TED smell, and hissed
when Sammy ran up to her. Sammy stopped short, and LB approached

We're still purring up a storm for Francis to have many more happy
years.
Victor

He's 12 now.
We got him a chenille throw. He loves to knead soft things and lie on them. He
loves it and has claimed it already. A good gift for a senior citizen cat, I
thought.

How about this? One of my two Devon Rex cats, Teti, found a new way of
having a good time this morning.
We were playing as usual, me trying to catch him, him running two feet ahead
of me until he surrendered and asked to be picked up and cuddled. But today

Well, I had to go back to the hospital today for an opinion on my recently
operated upon eye.
I won't bore you with how long it was after my appointment time, that I was
seen.  Hours.  Anyway, I had my operation on Sept 7.  Last week I was in

I have to preface this a bit.  I have a really weird house (which is why I
found it so charming and decided to buy it despite the amount of work it
needs).  My front porch goes up to the middle of the two floors and the
front door opens to a stair landing.  When you enter the front ...

There's a possibility that I could get a long-term posting in China with the
company I work for. The oppurtunity would be fantastic, Joel would love it
and I think it would be great for Cary to be immersed in another culture and
language whilst he can still learn language the ...

For those of you who live near San Francisco and can get KQED (ch 9),
this looks like an interesting show. (I will try to tape it so others
in the US might be able to see it, too.)
THE EMOTIONAL WORLD OF FARM ANIMALS

As I write this, there is a very contented cat being a wrist rest for
my right hand.  It makes it  7478 sort of hard to type.  Well, now
she's laying on my right hand and I'm typing under her -- it's a
little easier.

Hi, Everyone
    Last weekend I took Patty to Shiprock, New Mexico, for the annual
Northern Navajo fair. There were hundreds of booths set up by Navajo
craftsmen selling their wares. Mostly it's craft projects they've worked

Score:
1 possum
2 baby raccoons (at the same time!)
1 very large, very angry neighbor's cat

Therapist helps top cats purr
Wednesday, October 6, 2004 Posted: 5:24 PM EDT (2124 GMT)
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- If the idea of hundreds of cats in one room
makes you uncomfortable, fear not.

... and then lets his friends out of their cages:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/05/udog.xml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/04/eveningnews/main647343.shtml
Joyce

Back from Cyprus. Sister married and i got a big brother now. had a
great time, weather brilliant and scotland is freezing.
Mistoffelees and Grizzy happy to be back from cat and dog home. Both
have almost forgiven me and are trying to make me guilty enough to

Vino in pudding mode:
http://tinyurl.com/3mg7c