Category Archives: pets

escalier à chat

Posted on Sunday, 2003 September 28 by Anton

At ten years, Fluffie considers herself too mature for the four-foot jump to a favorite perch; so I improvised a stairway from a couple of crates, and am gratified to see her merrily hopping up and down it.

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life on the beach

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 June 11 by Anton

You can see my house! In 1988–92 my then wife and I occupied the ground floor of the white three-story house to the left (north) of the red building behind the yellow truck in the foreground. We liked the cool … Continue reading →

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Fluffie protests

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 May 28 by Anton

Fluffie says I’ve been staying up too late. See, the deal is this: I go to bed at a predictable time (give or take an hour); Fluffie joins me; I scritch her about the head for awhile. But if I … Continue reading →

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home, free to good kitten

Posted on Saturday, 2003 January 18 by Anton

We’ve been thinking that a companion of her own species might do Fluffie some good – if she could be induced to make peace with a nonhuman. She had kittens before she was fixed, and we sometimes get the impression … Continue reading →

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Pepper

Posted on Saturday, 2002 December 28 by Anton

Driving home this evening (don’t tell anyone: it’s not insured yet), I saw a scrawny siamese kitten by the divider, lifting her head to stare at the headlights. She was soaked, of course, and too weak to stand; I could … Continue reading →

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mint and the cats who nip it

Posted on Sunday, 2002 July 28 by Anton

Catnip’s little flowers, I find on closer inspection, are not plain white: they have little pink freckles. They are somewhat orchidlike in shape. Yesterday I caught Fluffie washing its leaves. You may ask why a member of such an edumacated … Continue reading →

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du rififi chez les chats

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 29 by Anton

The vet says Fluffie is healing nicely. Whew. But she won’t be going outside for awhile: the other cats might tease her for the shaved patch on her butt.

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