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Content warning: pet loss. When 2025 turned into 2026, I never for a moment thought I would write this post. I thought we had more time with Charlie. Despite his senior designation, he remained active and energetic. And also quite bossy. A week ago, I made the heartbreaking decision to let him go. He had…
So I guess it’s kind of bad manners to write such a heavy blog post and then just sort of disappear for nearly three and a half months. Sorry? Yeah WTF, Victoria? Are You Okay? Well, I’m better. Things got a bit chaotic right around mid-April. I had been trying to get Charlie to lose…
I don’t know if it’s the cold, the early darkness, the cat slapping my face at 4am, or what, but I am ex-hau-sted and it’s only 7pm! And one thing that happens when I’m this over-tired is my creativity ramps up in ways that annoy everyone around me. (Everyone meaning my cats.) I went into…
So, we’re about to turn over the calendar to a new year. And 2025 was…a lot #whew. While it’s tradition to celebrate a new year on January 1, I tend to wait until spring to mark the new year (not surprising, since I’m an Aries). There is one tradition I follow faithfully*. December 31st is…
November 14 is a very special day in our household. It’s the day that Clancy came home to us. It was roughly six weeks after Charlie and I had lost our beloved Simon Sebastien. Simon was my soul kitty and Charlie absolutely worshipped his big brother from the moment they met. When we lost Simon…
I knew today’s walk was going to be presence over pace pretty much right out of the gate when I heard meowing in the trees near my apartment. I paused and called out, “Kitty?” and out came this absolutely stunning grey fluffball. He had a collar with a tag and the telltale wet spot on…
Well hello there! It’s been a minute since I’ve been here. The freelance hustle is non-stop and, well, this became fallow land. Anyway, we’re at the height of hurricane season (not to be confused with Hurricanes Season, which will get underway in a few weeks). In fact, we already had Hurricane Dorian hit North Carolina…
Today is National Cat Day. I thought I’d celebrate some of the sweet kitties from Best Friend Pet Adoption. First, let’s celebrate some recent adoptions! Uno’s goofball brothers, Dos and Tres, are still available for adoption, as are many other sweet cats. And, of course, no Cat Day celebration is complete without honoring my best…
Sorry it’s a little late, fam. Had a bit of a situation over here. An unwelcome visitor, so to speak. I’m just glad it didn’t completely trash my place. As I was starting to think of what to write about my eighth month in Raleigh, a swirl of clouds appeared off the coast of Africa….
My, how time flies! It seems like I just wrote the six-month po…oh yeah. I was a bit late on that one, wasn’t I? Well, here’s to not letting another update languish in my Drafts folder for three weeks! So I did some stuff in my seventh month in North Carolina. I’m still working hard…