To all mothers on this group, and the mothers of members of this group...
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
I hope you all have a beautiful day.

I usually don't lose sleep or fret about too many things but this one
is really getting me.
And I've seen lots of ugly things re: animals and shelters and such,
lots of graphic pictures and RL things too.

My IBS (or whatever it is) continues unabated.  If anything, it's
getting worse.  I feel like I've had a stomach ache for over a month
straight (although technically I guess it's an intestinal ache).
My acupuncturist has stuck tiny magnets in my ears (via adhesive; no

Hi Helen:
Just wanted to make sure that you got my e-mail as a Calgary cat slave.  I
have lots to say about my fair city :-)
I can try again if it didn't go through.

Cali has been diagnosed with Chlamydia, so now she gets the eye gel three
times a day, as well as the foul yellow liquid three times a day for a
month. We've only given here the oral antibiotics twice and we are already
getting the silent treatment.

Matthew, as I said in a previous e-mail, I sent Flippy your story.
She's written back to me, saying "I have heard this story, it's
amazing. Did Matthew say it was alright for me to add to the Catpage?"
She'd like to give it a permanent spot in her amazing cat-related

Oscar has very long, wispy fur all over, including her rear end.
Unfortunately, this means that she sometimes gets litter stuck to the fur,
which doesn't please anyone in the household, and it's not easy to get Oscar
to tolerate a butt-washing.  Usually she ends up doing it herself, ...

Sorry for the delay in updates.  We have been visiting relatives near
Sarasota, Florida, and also saw a man who served with Jim in Vietnam.  I
swear they were Energizer bunnies disguised as senior citizens.  Although
they are in their 70s ad 80s, they about wore us out.

The Stripey Thing has a spot on one of his front legs that is new and I
don't know what to think about it.  My first response is that it is
stress.  He has licked all the hair off and there are a about 8-10
little bumps under the hair that is left (he is long haired so there

Apologies to everyone for unexpected absence! My NEW (at Christmas) laptop
went wrong again with the same fault as last time just before Easter. It was
failing to recognise wireless network. A month later I have got the
manufacturers to give me a new machine. It was a hell of a ...

There is a sparrowhawk sitting in my garden chomping on something.
I was in the sitting room and could hear birds squarking like mad in the
garden. I looked out the window and thought "What the?????"
There it was, at the edge of the lawn, by the base of a fence panel.. male

Vino has become a non-stop purrer.  He goes about his cat business
around the house, purring the whole time.  Checking things out, lying
around relaxing, litter box duty, purr, purr, purr.  All night long he's
walking all over us in bed, purr, purr, purr!

Eli and Abelard are doing more than their share of puking for the last day
or so. I'm not quite ready to take anyone to the vet yet but if this keeps
up for much longer.... It's been mostly water they've hurled so far but Eli
lost one load of moist kibble yesterday. Hoping it's ...

He really settled in quite fast.  Came to bed for scritches and
headbutts right away when I went to bed.  He was practically insatiable,
even though I'd been scritching him all day long!  He slept near me for
most of the night, coming round for forceful headbutts from time to

Playing with the vidoe mode on my camera and caught the girls, Tessie
mostly paling with a catnip sock Karen made. I swear she is part Gumbi

heres the link: