From the monthly archives:

February 2006

They don’t make ‘em like they used to

February 15, 2006

I confess that, when looking for a Valentine for Paul, I picked up every card that had a cat on it. All of them were either sickly sweet or silly, and not in a good way. The card that I finally selected did not feature kittens. I didn’t see this collection of vintage Valentines, many [...]

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In the land of the lotus-eaters

February 13, 2006
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First narcissi

February 10, 2006

Before leaving for California for the weekend, I went out to photograph the very first of our spring bulbs, which have been luxuriating in the past few days of sunny weather. After a couple of shots, I noticed someone was watching…

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Feline Friday: It’s a cat-eat-three-headed-dog world

February 10, 2006

Fluffy (or is that Cerberus?) was guarding my computer when the cat of enormous size came around. Those three heads were no match for Sergei. As far as I know, the animals at the Friday Ark have one head each. Carnival of the Cats will be at Watermark on Sunday.

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Hope is where the homes are?

February 8, 2006

I haven’t written anything about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in over a month. It’s really not that I’ve forgotten (even though, sadly, I’m “not reminded about it all the time in the newspapers and in stories”). I’ve been busy trying to make some important life decisions, and I haven’t delved deeply into what has [...]

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Kitchen Fumbles

February 6, 2006

While Paul and I are not football fans, we spend most Super Sundays with our TV tuned to the game. Many years, the TV is muted save for during the commercial breaks. This year, however, our local team made it to the Super Bowl, and it seemed our civic duty to pay some attention to [...]

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Feline Friday: Heat seeking

February 3, 2006

When we bought our house, one of the selling points for us was that the house had its original radiators. Heat-seekers by nature, our cats are quite fond of the radiators, too. Our old cat, Samantha, was 16 years old when we moved in; during the last 3 years of her life, she took many [...]

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Wright or wrong?

February 1, 2006

An architect’s most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site. — Frank Lloyd Wright Most architects I know love to travel. While we enjoy experiencing different scenery, cultures and food, we often go places to look at architecture. Cameras and sketchbooks in hand, we make pilgrimages [...]

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