Tag: cats
member name: Ruth MacGill
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December 18, 2009 09:50 PM EST --
After three nice heavy rains last week and several sunny days, you would think it is spring here in the foothills of San Diego. All the bare hillsides are now green. There was a space around our house . . .
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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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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 . . .
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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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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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December 16, 2006 10:01 AM EST --
A Storm Is Coming In
I meant to wait two days before I fired off another article. I don’t want to ‘run you off’ with too much trivial drivel, and that is what this is going . . .
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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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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 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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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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October 21, 2009 01:52 AM EDT --
Yesterday I resolved a problem that has been keeping me awake nights and worrying me witless. I won’t go into it except to say I had professional help and that was a winner.
Sooo – . . .
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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 . . .
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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 17, 2008 03:33 AM EDT --
Some of you may have read my series of stories about the Pit Bulls, Sheba and her three pups, that my daughter rescued two years ago. Sheba had been hit by a truck leaving a leg mangled. When we found . . .
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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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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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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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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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