This morning I woke up before the alarm went off. I do this sometimes. I generally wake up and get out of bed at 5 a.m. because I like the silence of the early morning, before the traffic increases in the streets outside my windows and my husband gets up and puts on the TV …
I don’t know about you, but I have become very aware recently of how thirsty cats do not like to drink stale water. They can be as finicky as the little girl in the movie, Signs, who pours herself – or has her father pour her – glasses of water, takes a sip, puts them …
The cat has discovered how to turn on the radio. At first, it happened accidentally. It’s an old clock radio that sits atop the low bookshelf by the window. The power button is on the top, she likes to sit on it and one day stepped on the button by accident. It was bound to …
Day 6 of The Move (90 year-old-parents relocating from Florida to Pittsburgh to live with daughter), Friday started well. Despite a lack of sleep -- one design flaw for the train: the lower bunk in the handicap room was a single, too small for them to comfortably share, and I wasn’t going to allow either …
My husband and The Cat play a game and I have seats on the 50-yard line. I witness the game when my calls home from the road sound something like this: Me: How was your day? He: Oh, ok. How was – hey, cut that out! What are you doing?!? (Sound of The Cat smashing …
