This is “Cotton.” I found her in Bored Panda’s story “40 Most Wholesome Rescue Pet Photos Of This Month (March Edition).” She’s there with 39 other adopted pets, mostly felines and canines, but Cotton is mine. (I wish!) Continue reading Too cute for words
I’m a hermit by trade. A loner. And I’m perfectly happy home alone most of the time. Until I was told I HAD to stay home. Now I fret constantly. My son and his family live about a mile away, and I miss seeing them. He continues to call every day, as he always has. … Continue reading Love in the time of pandemic
While sheltering-in-place as ordered, members of the Colorado Symphony used modern technology to get together and play Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” one of my all-time favorites. I still get goosebumps every time I hear it. “Ode to Joy,” from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, was originally written and composed in the early 1820s in Austria. It … Continue reading ‘Joy’ in Colorado
Time Magazine writers Elijah Wolfson and Chris Wilson said it yesterday: Short of a miracle cure, the only way to halt this pandemic, experts say, is to starve it. And nations around the world are attempting to do just that, by essentially cutting off life support to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. That means … Continue reading Feed a cold, starve a virus
Some of you may remember that I adopted a kitten last May. He was a wee thing, 8 weeks old and just 2 pounds. I named him Rowdy. Time passed and he grew. Boy, how he grew! He is one year old today and at last weighing was just a bit over 11 pounds. I … Continue reading A cat tale, part II
