Book Review: Stable Relation by Anna Blake I adored the beginning chapters of Stable Relation, by Anna Blake. Anna was a country girl who became a successful city girl as a goldsmith with her own gallery spaces. When her life in the city goes sideways, the country girl reemerges. Anna buys a run-down horse farm…
DetailsRoad Trip: Cambridge MD The next road trip is scheduled for next week, Thursday. My friend and I will be exploring Cambridge, Maryland, which looks good on paper, but then, so did Milford, Delaware, my recent fiasco. Car Snack Alert: The new limited edition Oreo S’mores…
DetailsLast Update: Mina, My Cat Mina’s last hours on earth ended yesterday at about 12 p.m. when she was euthanized. We were hoping that she would pass away peacefully at home, but she seemed determined to live despite dropping from 7 pounds to just under 1-1/2 pounds. She was finally so frail that I couldn’t…
DetailsUpdate 3, My Cat Mina Mina is still with us. She is surviving on water because she hasn’t eaten in weeks. Once a day, I still try to feed her, but she’s nauseated by the smell of food now. I hardly go out these days, and I haven’t been to the gym in weeks. I…
DetailsBook Review: Faces, by Diane Winger I enjoyed this story about Jessica, a computer programmer and rock climber. She has a climbing accident and due to mild brain damage loses her ability to recognize faces — face blindness, or prosopagnosia. The bad guys are able to take advantage of her new disability by roping her…
DetailsA Bit of Whimsy I root for a minor league baseball club called the Wilmington Blue Rocks. I thought it would be whimsical to own a baseball cap with Blue Rocks in Hebrew, so I had one made up. I’ll be stylin’ at the next game! For those of you who want a Mina update,…
DetailsUpdate 2: Mina, My Cat It’s been a week since I almost put Mina to sleep and she’s still with me. She hasn’t eaten in over a week except for a spoonful of half and half once a day. I try every day, but she shakes her head and walks away. Nothing appeals to her. …
DetailsUpdate: Mina, My Cat If you missed my previous post about Mina, she’s 16 and she’s dying. Her thyroid, gall bladder, and liver are a mess. She’s turned yellow, stopped eating, and she’s ticcing alot. She weighs almost nothing, and her skin is so loose, we have to be careful picking her up, avoiding folding…
DetailsRecipe: Baked Sweet and Sour Meatballs It occurs to me that I haven’t shared a recipe in a while, and since I am mentally and emotionally distracted by the slow deterioration of my cat, I thought it would be easy to give you guys the recipe for tonight’s dinner. For those of you who don’t…
DetailsMina, My Cat Meet Mina, my cat. Mina started life as a kitten in a house full of large dogs, four, to be exact. When she turned two, the family decided that they had too many pets, and they turned “Gemini” in to the SPCA. Mina was…
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