Tag: cats
member name: Ruth MacGill
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November 02, 2009 10:08 AM EST --
As I resign myself to being awake, there is still no sign of dawn at about 5 a.m. in the deep canyon where we live. My cats have let me know they think it is time for me to be up. They are used . . .
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April 19, 2009 02:40 AM EDT --
Today Jane took part of the day away from medical transcribing to work at spading her garden. Her unruly year-old pup, Sasha, was with her in the separate chain-linked area. Sasha is always being scolded . . .
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September 29, 2007 11:16 AM EDT --
Just before sundown yesterday, I was surprised by a visit from Nora and Bruce, a couple who used to be my neighbors. They are a generation or two younger than I, but we share a mutual love of animals. . . .
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November 06, 2007 11:03 AM EST --
Things have not been going well for Sherpa’s family, a large, good-looking and independent couple I have known for about eight years. They have fallen on hard times that have left them virtually . . .
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January 17, 2007 09:36 PM EST --
Should I Call That Feral Cat Tiger Tom or Thomasina?
A gray tiger cat took up residence under my trailer, in my shed and especially on the ledge outside my front window over six months . . .
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September 30, 2007 04:43 PM EDT --
Something Was Prowling in the Moonlight Last Night
It’s another day of sunshine, mild temperatures, and gentle breezes at the Indian horse camp where my daughter and I live in the mountains . . .
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June 13, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
My daughter Jane and I started our day with a cat funeral. Her cat Jenny died last evening after a long illness. My daughter can't stand to let her pets go without a her best effort to keep them alive, . . .
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January 08, 2009 09:47 AM EST --
I don't see how I could have had so much junk in and around a 30-foot trailer! I have already moved several loads of stuff, but back at the horse camp where I lived for almost six years are about . . .
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April 25, 2009 05:58 PM EDT --
I'll do the annoyances first.
Right now what annoys me the most is listening to Dick Cheney and his friends trying to justify torturing people. Next, is having to listen to the media on every news . . .
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September 08, 2007 07:02 PM EDT --
Last winter I introduced a gray feral striped cat to you in an article I called Should I Call That Feral Cat Tom or Tomasina. After he decided to trust me and come in the house to live, I found out he . . .
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August 14, 2007 02:46 PM EDT --
Most of my cats are perched around me with very annoyed expressions. I usually let some of them out about an hour after the sun rises. When Jane’s rescued dogs have been barking, I can be pretty . . .
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August 28, 2007 11:52 AM EDT --
Eclipse of the Moon Over the Oak Trees
It’s 2:10 A.M. and there must be coyotes out there in the moonlight because Jane’s dogs just woke me up with a frenzy of barking. From my bed . . .
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February 14, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
OK I'm Wrong - It is NOT Spring!
That cheery article I wrote yesterday about balmy spring weather was just a mite premature. An unexpected low came out of the northeast and the day ended cloudy . . .
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October 06, 2008 12:46 AM EDT --
I hope I don't gross you out with this one. I'm sharing it because it might make someone else feel better about doing it if the choice comes up. Call it Dumpster Diving 101. Who knows what skills . . .
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December 17, 2008 12:25 PM EST --
When I woke from dreaming this morning after seven hours of uninterrupted sleep, I rubbed a circle in the steam on the window by my bed. I peered out to see a transformed world decked out in virgin white . . .
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April 03, 2009 02:23 AM EDT --
Yesterday I had a lot of problems to solve. My pickup was sick. Sunny, a yellow striped kitten we actually paid $5 for at the feed about six months ago has suddenly . . .
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February 12, 2007 12:24 AM EST --
The Taming of Tiger Tom
It is a cold, rainy night and the wind is banging my metal awnings around. I am so glad not to see anymore, the wild, gray tabby cat, huddling pitifully on my windowsill . . .
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March 28, 2007 11:28 PM EDT --
Maggie - Another Puppy Story
Gatherers who regularly read my articles know I love animals, especially cats and dogs. Cats have always been tops on my agenda, but needy dogs are a close second, . . .
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September 20, 2007 10:32 AM EDT --
A Winter Storm in September in Southern California!
I didn’t know whether to believe the local weathermen this morning or not until I went outside to take a look around. Now I believe it! . . .
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September 25, 2007 11:38 AM EDT --
Don’t get me wrong - I really love cats. But compared to dogs, they are almost untrainable. No matter how civilized a home they may have, or how well they are fed and cared for, the instincts they . . .
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