Today's Decameron is a sere, poignant long tale set in Biblical times, written by Alter S. Reiss, who among other things is an archaeologist.

Tomorrow will be a total change of pace, some fluff by me.

Speaking of fluff, enough people enjoyed that vid I linked to yesterday that I thought I'd offer my favorite stills of cats in boxes. Boxes and ( Read more... )

An Australian writer friend, Gillian Polack, has been doing Women's History Month for years. This year she asked me for a post and I provided one on formative historical fiction by women ( Read more... )

While in Brattleboro last autumn, we went to a nifty farm-related specialty store famous for its cheeses, and a whole lot of other goodies. We did load up on cheese, but I also found animal toys there. Most was food that would spoil, but they offered a wool ball in catnip, for kitty pleasure ( Read more... )

Because my spouse is hyper allergic to cats, the only cat time I get is pix on the internet, and drive by cat petting at friends'. But my sister has a cat, and I am now the primary care giver for said cat as my sister is flat on her back in bed, so I've had the opportunity to observe this cat ( Read more... )

I think of myself as catless, as I am married to someone who is so allergic that he can get extremely ill off the clothing of a cat owner, but in fact, while sorting old photos, I realized I have in fact shared my home with three cats ( Read more... )

So steepholm has been traveling in Japan, and has been blogging the experience, with pix. Today's entry included a visit to a cat cafe. She finally lured one fine young mog by some tidbits. Other customers had a cat, maybe two ( Read more... )

If you like kittens . . .

And today's culture test:

When you look at the below caricature of French fashion of the 1770s, do you think . . .


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For all those who've had a tiring week, via mamculuna, an inseparable pair, photographed with striking beauty, and humor, and tenderness.

It's summer for those of us in the Northern Hemi, and USAns are getting ready for the July 4th blowout (some lucky stiffs are managing to stretch it to a five dayer.) So let's get cracking on sloth with this inspirational series of cat examples. For the cute factor I love the Fur Pile, but there's a lot to be said for the Picassoesque Full Box ( Read more... )

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