Music and Cats

The two major deadlines that I had at the end of October / beginning of November are over, the drawings for my project in the hands of city building officials, the mad mess of my office mostly restored to order. However, I seem to be taking several days to recover sufficient focus to write much […]

Anyone who has lived with a pair of cats can see what’s about to happen here. The body language is clear: Sergei’s muscles tensed, poised for attack; Sasha’s ears back, paws up to defend himself.

Sergei doesn’t realize that Sasha has a special defensive strategy…

Sometimes what I read makes me want to bang my head against the wall. Perhaps if I destroyed enough brain cells, I would not continue to be so stunned and horrified by the ineptitude of the federal government’s response to the homelessness caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
With the brain cells I have, however, it […]