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• My Shadow, My Kitty, “Doodles”

  Today was one of the hardest days of living.

  I’m mourning the loss of my cat whom I affectionately called, Doodles… It’s still a bit of a fog and I feel of another world.

  She was 13 and she was suffering from kidney failure so we did what we felt was right for her comfort. I always [...]

  Posted on Aug 05.08 to animals, slowness   

• Summertime …

  It’s not over and I can’t help thinking how quickly summer days pass. Summers are short here in Portland so we relish the warm (even hot) sun and long days because we know the rainy days are just around the corner. So, in honor of summer I thought I would post some photos from our [...]

  Posted on Aug 02.07 to animals, garden, oregon, portland   

• Hawaiian Monk Seal

  My best friend Susan just returned from a vacation in Maui and sent me an email this morning with some beautiful pictures she made yesterday just before departing for home.

  Here is the Hawaiian monk seal. She’s a beautiful creature and she’s resting on Ka’anapali Beach. According to Susan, this is the first monk seal to [...]

  Posted on Feb 08.07 to animals, friends   

• Climbing out of the valley

  It’s been such a busy week of tweaking QuickBook files for my accountant and finishing up a magazine assignment that I don’t think I have stepped out of the house other than to feed the neighbor’s cats. Not good.
  Working from home is rather odd that way… The upside: I am really productive; I get a [...]

  Posted on Jan 25.07 to animals, blogging, freelance, slowness