A Halloween Story: The Adventures of Pumpkin the Cat
October 28, 2009
In part 1, Pumkin came into our lives, only to vanish shortly before Halloween.
Part 2:
We searched all over for Pumkin. We drove around the mountain. We asked the neighbors if she’d been spotted. We went to the local animal shelter and looked for her. She had one of those ID chips implanted in her, but what we found at the animal… more
Comments (9)Halloween Story: The Adventures of Pumkin the Cat
October 26, 2009
When I was a little girl and sick in bed, I vividly remember my fuzzy gold blanket draped around my little legs. It transported me to the dunes of the Sahara. I would dream of adventures riding a camel across the desert. The sun coming in my window would make the dust sparkle like daytime stars swirling in the sky. When you’re sick, there is nothing like a good adventure story to take your mind off things. After all, we all long for adventure. Even cats! But this is no made up story…. more
Comments (5)Swine Flu Is in the House
October 23, 2009
Well, so much for prevention. When you have a 12-year-old and a 3-year-old who provoke each other by trying to lick each other, there is no defense against a pandemic virus like H1N1. Eve came home from school with it last week. This week, her school has shut down for three days—and now Lucia has it.
We were lucky to catch the infection early enough to get the kids on Tamiflu (the pediatrician said his office is experiencing a deluge of calls). But there is no sign of a vaccine in sight… more
Comments (4)Dinner for 23—Part 2
October 21, 2009
Well, actually, it turned out to be dinner for 25 (plus one kid with swine flu quarantined in her room with Ramen noodles).
The day of preparation went as planned—except that Wegmans did not have any decent organic grapes. I got the usual look, and a few comments, from people as I pushed my cart through the supermarket—a cross between shock that… more
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