Toys, Toys!!!

Last night, Sabrina lost her favorite toy beneath one of the cabinets in the kitchen. Getting down on my knees and using a stick, I groped around under the cabinet. I got the expected dust bunnies, pens, a long-lost wooden spatula, and this assortment of toys. Both cats behaved as though it were Christmas. Sabrina: …

Filet Mignon

It all started in the early seventies when I was a beginning undergraduate student at Boston University. I was still attending the Metropolitan College, working days and living in my workshop on Sherman Street in Boston's Charlestown neighborhood. I think the where needs some comment. The building was a huge subdivided nineteenth-century loft building: my …

Bird Watching Adventures with Sabrina- last on the card August 2025

Sabrina is bird watching Our dining room door faces my workshop/ greenhouse. It also faces the main bird feeders. The cat "tree" is strategically posed nearby so our two cats can watch "kitty cat cable TV, or CatFlix, all day. Here, a very excited Sabrina is focusing on a sparrow visiting one of the suet …

A Cat’s Take on the Bible I

As it was in the Beginning?

Flora? Fauna? It’s A Bird!!!

Dad goes on, and on sometimes! It's Flora, It's Fauna... It's a F'in Bird! https://videopress.com/v/53c8OdQs?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

Civ

Daily writing promptWhat's your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why?View all responses I'm a Civilization builder. Currently online on the Steam platform, but my interest goes back to the days of game pieces on a board. You start with a wandering tribe, and then find a suitable location for them to establish a firm …

Slap Shot

For Fandango's Flashback Friday: If you've read some of my other posts, you may have heard of the cat I refer to as the "Dread Menace"; this is his back story. In the Beginning I found him as a kitten while living in Ottawa, Ontario. He started life as a combative kitten and grew into …

Guitar strings!

Marcus: This is great! Dad is putting new strings on a guitar that he plays. I am an expert at playing with strings. I'll show him some moves he never tries. Hey! Watch me! Dad: Marcus! Leave my guitar strings alone, you brat! Marcus: What a lack of appreciation. See if I care! I'll get …