www.msnbc.com
the brian willims newscast ends with a  story about a two year old
kitty who supposedly senses when patients are terminal and aren't
i can't really believe the claim either, but it certainly makes a

Dot and Buster are given free run most of the time now, and Buster's
established the living room as his HQ, with most of the rest of the
house under his control as well.  Dot's claimed a chair in the kitchen
as her HQ, and loose control of the rest of the kitchen as her domain.

I am so sorry to read about the heartbreak you are living through
with Tayla and the effect she is having on your household.
Unlike many in this group, I do believe that cats have
personalities of their own and that some have behavior issues

Just a brief Miles household update...
First, thanks for all the purrs for me to get the job but
unfortunately this time they didn't work. :o( I keep telling myself
that the job is out there, but it is hard not to get demoralised. :o(

Caliban has found a new favourite sleeping place. Being the lazy
so-and-so that I am, I haven't completely unpacked my bag since we came
back from the island. Caliban has taken to sleeping in the half-unpacked
bag:

I am pleased to say that Jeff will be released frrom the hospital by the end
of this week.
Yesterday he was moved out of ICU into a regular old room, now to get PT
before being sprung. He has been totally worked off the ventilator and

I'm so sick about this - I can't stop kicking myself, I should have caught
this *SO* much sooner!
I saw that Sammy had thrown up a prodigious amount in the garage when I woke
up this morning.  As has been said in other posts, Sammy has been living

Marblecake has four four-week-old kittens.  Like the previous lot,
none of them look like Splodge could be the father: Ollie (pale
ginger stripey male), Pip (tuxedo male), Polly (grey-and-white
stripey female with a regular red/white/black tabby head) and

Hi everyone-- Blanket purrs in all directions!
I've been away for two reasons-- First, I've had some minor foot
surgery, so I'm off my feet for awhile (wouldn't say now to some
healing purrs).  But also, my compter is having some very frustratng

I wrote up a couple of the cats' adventures while on the island. Here is
one of them:
The swallows had their nest under the jetty again this yea, on a shelf
just above the pontoon that holds the jetty afloat. Naturally, the cats

Re: http://tinyurl.com/2z8m8x
http://i14.tinypic.com/4y98y6r.jpg
(not mine, but too good not to share)

We got back today, but I'm too tired now to write more now. Lots of
pictures here:
http://s120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Summer%2007/
I'll tell more about them later. If you want to see lots and lots of

In the Our Cats album
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
Debra in VA
See my quilts at

Miss Honor Graves died this morning at TED's office after a short
bout of renal failure.  She was the scrappy little owner of
Amanda's boyfriend, Jim, and lived parts of her short life here.
Usually when she'd done something to irritate Jim's mom and/or

As I grow older, I'm much more selfish and less brave than before.  I
have sworn that there will never be another cat in this house after
Hobo goes to RB.  
When we lived in Florida we had eight kitties.  It broke our hearts