Our cat is dying. She has diabetes and we've chosen not to treat it. Everyone has an opinion about this. Ours is this. We love her. She has huge white paws. She is polydactyl, which means, she has extra toes. She doesn't mind if you play with her thumbs. It is like holding hands.Sudden moves and noises have always freaked her out though. She likes to know what to expect. We often apologize for startling her. That seems to reassure her. She refuses to go back outside where we found her. Too much … [Read more...]

My 14-year old daughter asks if I used to be a hippie. She wants desperately to save the planet and gets adamant at about 10:30 at night, because we are not doing anything to solve global issues. I tell her we recycle more than anyone in our neighborhood and to please go to bed. She asks why we don't use vegetable oil to power our vehicles. I suggest that perhaps she will one day own a vehicle that runs on vegetable oil. I then say, speaking of oil, we have switched to using olive oil, because … [Read more...]