Today I lost another of my best friends in the entire universe: Tiddles. He was the brother to Xena who passed last year. He’d been having trouble with his mouth, either a tooth or jaw issue. He had an appointment 2 days from now. He had the appetite but not […]
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I look forward to this time of year. The days get colder and shorter, so I’m traveling to and from work in the dark. I prefer the dark. I prefer the cold as well. I probably should move to some Scandanavian country to retire. On the way to work, every […]
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Social distancing, in the new age of dysfunctional society, has never been an issue for me, as I tend to shrug off the company of humans, and my entertainment needs are simple. Actually, humans are my entertainment most days. When shopping, I’m not a browser. I know what I want, […]
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25 September 2020, at 14:30 on a sunny but cool afternoon, my beloved little girl cat, Xena, passed away to join her mother and siblings in the great unknown. As I probably wrote in the past, Xena had been ill for a long time. First, a thyroid condition, but next […]
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Masks. Everyone wears one. Even myself. Everyday I watch the constant parade of facades, the great masquerade of life, passing fro and to. What would happen if everyone dropped their pale shell and displayed who they really were. My mask hides my grief, which, were I to show it, would […]
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