For the last few weeks I've been having some problems falling asleep at night. It used to be that taking a melatonin tablet would allow me to get to sleep promptly, but now I take 3 or 4 at a time and still lie awake for hours. Last night I finally managed to get to sleep at a reasonable hour....

Last night I stopped at the grocery store and picked up some ground beef, spaghetti, and spaghetti sauce. I was really tired when I got home and didn't put anything away but the beef. This morning when I got out of bed I went into the kitchen to feed the kitties. They must have had a taste for...

My brother has always been a dog-guy, but the elderly cat he inherited from our grandmother really stole his heart. When Samantha had to journey to the Bridge 2 years ago, he was devastated. Tonight I'm joining him at his place for the 2nd annual Samantha Memorial Bonfire. Should be interesting to...

Seems like an awful lot of us catfolks are having job issues! I suspect that I'm going to end up back in a truck before the end of the year. I really love getting home every night and earning a decent living, but these people are going to drive me crazy. The customers I have to support are idiots,...

Talk about weird weather conditions - the southeast is bracing for a hurricane, and here in Highland we're watching a brush fire that's burning in the hills near here. The fire was spotted this afternoon, and was within 3 miles or so of our house earlier this afternoon. So far it's burning away...

Last night I had to call a plumber out to fix a problem. I figured that everybody would hide when a stranger showed up at the door, but I got a surprise. Amelia had been reclining on top of the bookcase beside the front door, and when the plumber showed up she stayed there. She even allowed him to...

Here in southern California we've had to deal with a rash of brush fires over the last year. The latest one erupted last night, southwest of the city of Cabazon. Now, less than 24 hours later, it has grown to more than 10000 acres. We have very high sustained winds whipping and driving the...

I have been blessed with a house full of wonderful kitties, but especially so since two of them like to practice the "Kitten Mind Meld". Being distinctive individuals, of course they have their own styles. Harri is my most prolific melder. I've mentioned before about how she helps me get the...

Nancy and the kitties and I are going to be very busy for several weeks, so we aren't going to be able to post a whole lot for a while. Please know that we are purring nonstop for Rob, and for both surgery patients, and that I'm going to at least scan the newsgroup every few days to see who...

Nancy has been having an awful time of it with her job. Her previous job, at a small local paper, had her working 60 hours per week (on salary, of course). She transferred to a larger paper in the same group, and it looked like things were to be better. But the parent company did some internal...

This is for my mom again. After dealing with a breast cancer operation, chemo, another breast cancer operation, an attack by a vicious dog, hospitalization for an infected chemo implant, finding that the cancer had migrated to her spine, and still more chemo, she has started to have really bad...

It was one year ago today that Harri's previous caretakers drove from Illinois to a truck stop in central Missouri and brought Harri Roacat to meet me. That began a wonderful adventure. Being stuck driving that truck was an ordeal but Harri made the ordeal much more bearable. She broke...

I knew that my little Roadcat was an excellent huntress and and a Tough Girl Kitty, but I had no idea she was such an excellent hunt organizer! This morning I was standing at the kitchen sink washing all the kitty food bowls. I usually have a whole flock of cats at my feet when I do this so I was...

We have been seeing the weirdest weather, all over the US! Tornadoes in the midwest, fires in TX and OK, *snow* in Highland! Weird, weird, weird. All of you in the tornado and fire areas, are you ok? Sherry, have the fires left you and your family alone? Pat, have you and the kitties weathered the...

I haven't mentioned this before, but I've been on Jury Duty for the last few days. 3 days last week, and every day this week. We're just about to start our 3rd day of deliberation. I have learned some important things in these last few days: * Judges are incredibly patient, possessing the ability...

My disability benefits are under review, and sometime between now and Friday we should know the results. Spare us a few purrs, please? I want my Section Eight; I'm willing to wear a dress for it. Purrs coming.

It was on the 5th of May, 2003 that DD made her journey to the Rainbow Bridge. DD had been Nancy's companion for a few years before Nancy and I married. When Nancy and I moved in together we each brought a kitty - I brought Cleo and Nancy brought DD. The kitties settled in with each other...

Please tell your mom we're sending our best purrs for poor Petrus. Dan

First, let me state right off that this article is about a HOAX - as sick as it was, no real cat was endangered. However, it was a sick prank, and I sincerely hope the city sues these folks for as much as they can get. Good thing I didn't hear it (though I never listen to that station anyway); I...

Getting the house packed up and ready for moving has been an experience, and this morning I got to observe a new cuteness. We have had a cabinet in the bathroom for the last few years - a freestanding thing that has been up against the wall. I took it down and hauled it to the dump this weekend,...