She all leg. Just the one.
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
She all leg. Just the one.
Softening butter when you have radiant in-floor heating and a cat.
November 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Softening butter when you have radiant in-floor heating and a cat.
Christmas trees arriving at the hardware store. It smells amazing on this corner.
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Christmas trees arriving at the hardware store. It smells amazing on this corner.
I adopted Ramona in April so she is only now learning about the joys of in-floor heating.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I adopted Ramona in April so she is only now learning about the joys of in-floor heating.
How is she so cute?
October 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
How is she so cute?
Ramona knows what to do with an afternoon off. I mostly followed her example despite my best intentions. She needed a lap!
October 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ramona knows what to do with an afternoon off. I mostly followed her example despite my best intentions. She needed a lap!
My friend and I did our monthly supper club where we cook and eat together last night. This is gochujang glazed eggplant (from her CSA). Doubled the sauce and added baked tofu cubes. Yum.
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My friend and I did our monthly supper club where we cook and eat together last night. This is gochujang glazed eggplant (from her CSA). Doubled the sauce and added baked tofu cubes. Yum.
Cooler rainy weather is encouraging someone to be more of a lap cat.
September 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Cooler rainy weather is encouraging someone to be more of a lap cat.
Rounding off summer right
September 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Rounding off summer right
Evening ferry sky.
September 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Evening ferry sky.
Probably the world’s best university drop-off trip.
August 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Probably the world’s best university drop-off trip.
If I put the cherries in the fridge we forget to eat them, but if I put them on the counter this happens.
August 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
If I put the cherries in the fridge we forget to eat them, but if I put them on the counter this happens.
Some of my local pink ones from last spring (lots of different flower sizes and shapes too).
August 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Some of my local pink ones from last spring (lots of different flower sizes and shapes too).
It was orangey-peachy day at the farmer’s market: sun gold cherry tomatoes, peaches, nectarines, and these dahlias. (Also a bag of greens and some lemon basil that didn’t fit the theme).
August 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It was orangey-peachy day at the farmer’s market: sun gold cherry tomatoes, peaches, nectarines, and these dahlias. (Also a bag of greens and some lemon basil that didn’t fit the theme).
Possibly Ramona woke me up early this morning just so she could later lure me into taking an afternoon nap with her.
August 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Possibly Ramona woke me up early this morning just so she could later lure me into taking an afternoon nap with her.
Ramona thinks fruit flies are worthy prey so that is the next 6 weeks sorted. (There is a fly in the trap I made and she is mesmerized).
August 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ramona thinks fruit flies are worthy prey so that is the next 6 weeks sorted. (There is a fly in the trap I made and she is mesmerized).
Every time I pick up Keetje Kuipers’s Lonely Women Make Good Lovers I have to go back and reread this poem. orionmagazine.org/article/at-f... (link is alt text). Not having a great reading year but poetry is the exception.
July 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Every time I pick up Keetje Kuipers’s Lonely Women Make Good Lovers I have to go back and reread this poem. orionmagazine.org/article/at-f... (link is alt text). Not having a great reading year but poetry is the exception.
However there is a serious problem with me getting up to bake.
July 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
However there is a serious problem with me getting up to bake.
Despite a wealth of cat toys, she has once again stolen a blueberry to play with. (I had to grab a picture when she was momentarily distracted from batting it around).
July 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Despite a wealth of cat toys, she has once again stolen a blueberry to play with. (I had to grab a picture when she was momentarily distracted from batting it around).
How does one small cat take up so much bed? She is made of silly putty, that’s how.
July 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How does one small cat take up so much bed? She is made of silly putty, that’s how.
Finished doing the dishes and glanced up to find I had had an audience for my work.
July 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Finished doing the dishes and glanced up to find I had had an audience for my work.
After 2 years I finally got living room chairs. One has of course immediately been claimed by the cat.
July 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
After 2 years I finally got living room chairs. One has of course immediately been claimed by the cat.
Me? Create mayhem? Must have been some other cat!
July 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Me? Create mayhem? Must have been some other cat!