Tag: cats
member name: Ruth MacGill
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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. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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! . . . more
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March 03, 2008 09:39 AM EST --
Odds and Ends
This has to be fast, because I have to pick up Jane at 8 A.M. for a trip to town (San Diego). I expect I will be gone about as long as I will if I go to the Congress of History event . . . more
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May 25, 2008 01:47 AM EDT --
This is supposed to be the biggest weekend of the year at this Indian Horse Camp. Every Memorial Day weekend they conduct calf-roping contests, but this year there are probably no more than 20 rigs, with . . . more
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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, . . . more
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July 14, 2008 12:06 PM EDT --
The last article I read last night before retiring was a well-written discourse on the coming collapse of our economy. It predicts the end of life as we know it for the foreseeable future. There wasn't . . . more
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August 24, 2007 11:06 AM EDT --
I just saw my big black dog, Smokey Joe, in action, and decided it was time for his promotion. I’ll promote him from mere Corporal of Cats, to Master Sergeant of the Manzanita Horse Camp. I’ll . . . more
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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 . . . more
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October 04, 2007 08:14 PM EDT --
Watching Crows While Waiting for FedEx
I like crows. I have always liked them. Even when my father and I hunted them with rifles on the perimeters of my father’s cornfields back in Connecticut. . . . more
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May 30, 2008 10:33 AM EDT --
I hit the jackpot at the post office yesterday. My meds finally arrived except for the heart medicine, and I got an e-mail that it has been shipped. And all seven books came that I had ordered from Amazon . . . more
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February 03, 2007 08:25 PM EST --
A Bad Week for Dogs, but Tiger Tom is Doing Great.
What a week! On Monday, the pit bulls my daughter rescued last July, attacked my main dog, Smokey Joe, and put him in the hospital. He had three . . . more
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March 31, 2007 06:39 AM EDT --
One Bad Day
Last Wednesday I found a small puppy wandering around in the middle of a country road far from any houses. This was just minutes after I had been forced to return another two-month-old . . . more
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