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Today it’s official: the sap in the trees begins to flow again. Tu B’Shevat starts at sundown, which will be hard to detect with the cloud cover as thick as it is. The ice melts. The cats demand attention. The rain falls and the coffee maker works again. The books get read and the poems … Continue reading Tu B'Shevat
Downsides of today: rain snow melting snow ice cloudy sky it’s February Upsides of today: it’s not as cold as it has been the cats are okay, mostly it’s quiet I have enough cheese, crackers and wine to last for weeks it’s almost March
Eddie, the wonderful orange and white cat, has cancer. He started on chemo yesterday, which may help him to last as long as six months. I’m assured that chemo won’t be debilitating for him, and he may even be in the 30% of cats whose tumors shrink. He has shaved patches on his arms, for … Continue reading Eddie the Cat.
It’s been a month and a day since Mom died. And in that time, I’ve lived a month and a day and a year. I’ve gone through her stuff: everything from learning about her estate plan, to pulling her purses off the shelf of her closet and digging through her desk drawers. I leafed through … Continue reading Mom
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