Saying Goodbye to Misty

Today we said goodbye to our cat, Misty. She was our oldest, and at 15 had lived a good, long cat life. She was the last of our cats to come with us from our old house off of North Main. Misty and her brother Rascal came to us by way of my father. Unbeknownst [...]

Posted by Tom on November 27th, 2011 | No Comments Posted in Family, Miscellaneous

Meet Rory

I can’t believe I let this slip by! I had posted it on Facebook and Flickr, but hadn’t written about it here. We have a new kitten! A week and a half ago I was on my way into my office when I heard this tiny voice meowing. I looked, and one of the tiniest [...]

Posted by Tom on September 3rd, 2011 | 2 Comments Posted in Miscellaneous

R. I. P. Shadow

This morning I got a call from Laura that I didn’t want to receive. She had taken our old cat, Shadow, to our vet. We had feared the worst, and those fears were confirmed by the vet’s prognosis – complete kidney failure. The only humane thing to do was to put him to sleep. Shadow [...]

Posted by Tom on August 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments Posted in Miscellaneous

Remembering Rascal

Tuesday evening Rascal curled up as usual on our bed, lying on his back and purring while I rubbed his tummy. At 3:30 am he wanted out, despite the fact that it was raining. It was the last time we would see him. Rascal was missing for two days, by the end of which we [...]

Posted by Tom on February 19th, 2009 | 5 Comments Posted in Miscellaneous

Winnie, One Year Later

This time last year we thought we had lost our little cat, Winnie. A trip to the vet in August of 2007 gave us the bad news – she had a large mass in her abdomen, possibly malignant. In September of that year she went missing and we thought she was gone for good. Then [...]

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