Category Archives: My Homely Hearth
Living with Cats: Tuxedo Mask
Tuxedo Mask, wearing his white bib and white tipped toes, as usual. Tuxedo Mask is a handsome black and white tom. He is an oddly neurotic cat, and that is saying a great deal considering that cats tend to be … Continue reading
Living with Cats: Carmen
Carmen Mirandiego is a lovely white and cream colored cat. She is Alice’s littermate. Carmen runs the house, and she loves to slip out the door and play chase-the-Carmen. This game is played by one cat and one or more … Continue reading
As I move back into my newly repaired home — repairs which have changed it almost beyond recognition — I begin with the kitchen. Yes, there are beds set up, and desk in the study, but the real heart of … Continue reading
Changes
August 18, 2011, my home was shattered — quite literally — by a giant sycamore limb falling on the roof of my house. The limb, 36 inches diameter at the base, crushed the northern gable end of the roof, rolled … Continue reading
It was never my intention to be the “little old lady who lives with cats”. I love critters, and I’ve always had a houseful. One morning I woke up and realized that my children had all moved away, and I … Continue reading
Daisy Peasblossom Fernchild 