Category: family
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Happy Birthday
Fifteen years ago, a lonely unwanted cat gave birth in a wood pile. The days were warm and sunny, and she soon brought her 5 charges out to frolic in the fresh air. She never allowed them to stray very far from her side because the world is a big scary place. We began to […]
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Letting go
Yesterday at work I broke my $1000 pen. The backstory: Two years ago when Jasmine was sick, we made multiple visits to the emergency vet. These usually involved an overnight stay and a scary bill. Each time I signed, I kept the pen. It was my own small rebellion against her illness. Over time I […]
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Situational Awareness
For a while now I have been endeavoring to teach Kiddo situational awareness. This is largely centered around parking lots and traffic, things like “Don’t put yourself between a moving vehicle and a stationary object,” and “don’t walk behind any car which could back up.” It will eventually extend to the things any young woman […]
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Breaking Film
For some reason I’ve been procrastinating about this week’s roll of film. I just wasn’t finding the motivation to develop it. Yesterday Jake took a spin with Caffenol; today Beth and I were home alone with time to kill and an empty kitchen. A little home chemistry seemed in order. The ingredients are simple: cheap […]
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Breaking News
If you read my post about Tuesday, you need to see the addendum. Yes, it’s broken. They call it a Snuff Box Fracture. I am out of action for at least six weeks. So now I’m watching it snow and catching up on Dexter on Netflix. Blogging may slow for a bit.
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Godspeed, sweet kitty
Twenty two years ago a small grey cat was born in Rhode Island. Her owners didn't want her; a neighborhood tom had snuck over the fence and done unspeakable things to their prize-winning Himalayan. They gave her to a college girl, who quickly discovered she was not ready for kittenhood. Overwhelmed, she threatened to put […]
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Jasmine
We promise to ease their suffering, and they give undying devotion in return. We feed them, shelter them, care for their health, and when the time comes we provide a merciful end. It’s never as easy as it looks on paper. When we lost Chang, I penned an eloquent and emotional post. When Jasmine received […]
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Numb
It’s not supposed to be this way. I stand in the long glass hallway of Big City Trauma Center, back to the windows as a throng of humanity streams past. We knew her life might be shortened when we adopted. Shortened however isn’t supposed to mean short. It’s not supposed to be this […]
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Grinch
It hasn’t been a great week. We ran all the usual EMS annoyances, from truck swaps through ignorant hospital staff to late calls. I’m still adjusting to my new schedule, and my family is having a harder time than I. They’ve all managed to contract the flu. Yesterday we were reminded that sometimes Evil truly […]
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Porch
It’s a good evening. It was almost warm today. The porch has been restored to its 3-season glory. Gone are the stacked bags & boxes for recycling and the random collection of stuff on its way to somewhere else. A light rain patters in the downspouts, and I have my feet up in my favorite […]
Notes from Mosquito Hill 