I recieved an email from my friend Claire, who is babysitting
Lily-Whiskers over Xmas for me.... She told me the following and sent me
some pictures. It seems like Lily has had fun this Xmas!
"Well, Mistress Mischief has finally succeeded in her mission to topple

... than to watch "Animal Precinct" on Animal Planet, *especially* when I'm
already depressed.  They were telling the story just now of a kitten who was
thrown from a 3rd story balcony.  She had multiple fractures (both back legs
and her pelvis among others) and was still so ...

This weekend was incredibly hectic, so I got John to make me some
toast for breakfast this morning and I ate it while I was making some
christmas cards for church... he put roast pork on it and I ate one
slice and the other was sitting on my plate next to me, when Silver

Bandit, at sixteen, is meaner than ever if not as agile.  She comes into my
office, but can't quite manage a leap onto my lap.  If I reach down to lift
her up she growls, hisses and tries to bite my hand before she settles down
in my lap to start purring.

He's on Kitty's favourite piece of "pretend sheepskin" here.  A corner of
his "secret under the table wicker bed" can be seen on the right.
http://www.possibleplaces.com/Tweed/

This is the conclusion to an ongoing local lost dog story.  Pippin has been
mentioned every few weeks in the paper since he went missing.
Pippin's Christmas miracle
By Kymm Mann/Appeal-Democrat

Happy New year to everyone!