Music and Cats

At five thirty Wednesday afternoon, as my office began to empty and grow quiet, I was contemplating the work I planned to do that evening. Another couple of hours, I thought, maybe three, before I’d go home.
“Anyone want baseball tickets for tonight? I got ‘em from a contractor. They’re good seats…” I turned to […]

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LiveStrong Day

Unlike last year, this Mother’s Day morning arrived in Seattle gray-skied and cool. Even without sunshine, it’s Spring, and Seattle is madly in bloom. The farmers’ market provides floral delights of the season, all wrapped up for the city’s lucky mothers and grandmothers: multihued tulips, furry poppy buds, even some early roses. All around our […]

As I’ve noted once or twice in the past month or two, I’ve been working too much. This takes the form of both going in to work early and staying at work late. The net result of all this work is that I haven’t spent nearly as much time in our new kitchen as I’d […]

For the first time ever, this blog has two Feline Friday posts with nothing between them. My husband Paul is guest photographer for today’s Feline Friday, as I’ve been too busy this week even to take a few photos of the gatitos. Don’t you want to snuggle up for a nap with those two? I […]