Christ. Tomorrow, on the first of September, it's been a year since Joey.I still think about the little guy sometimes, especially when I'm holding Tazendra, my favorite. Sometimes, when it's dark and I can't see her, only feel the weight of her warm and purring on the bed beside me, I think of Joey. I only got to hold him that one time. I was ( Read more... )

Well, hey! I went for a walk yesterday just to see what was going down, and lo and behold, there was a pink slip on the crazy cat lady's door! A different sort of pink slip than the one that the city shelter leaves ( Read more... )

Wow. Okay. That's . . . unexpected.

Y'all remember back in September when I was dealing with the crazy cat lady and her complete insanity, yes ( Read more... )

Thank you for all your kind words yesterday. It actually helped more than I can say.

It's not that I feel like I'm responsible for the cats' suffering, it's that I feel bad that I can't do more, and in light of that, sending them to their deaths just seems so very bleak. I thank lizblackdog again for articulating what I couldn't: ". . . it's hard to live ( Read more... )

I'm feeling mightily down at the mouth ( Read more... )

Well, I'm back with an update bearing more developments in the saga of the Crazy Cat Lady. And I do mean crazy ( Read more... )

Friday Cat Picture, this time of Tazendra in a rare "cute" moment:


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No local organization has gotten back to me with any meaningful offers of help, and yesterday I realized that the situation was more appalling than I thought; there were at least five kittens out there. I saw a new one yesterday morning, a simply gorgeous little calico. I had to do something, I couldn't just wait around ( Read more... )

Joey didn't make it ( Read more... )

The good news is that Joey made it through the night. I called this morning, was assured that he was doing well and had eaten again, and was even walking around, so I decided to pay a visit.

It went about as well as something like that can go when you have a horrible barking dog in one ear. Joey looks like a different kitten. He still looks ( Read more... )