I love greeting cards. When I see a cute card, I just have to buy it, knowing that one day I’ll find just the right occasion. (And to prove it, I have some cards going back 30 years– still waiting …) So last night, I needed a birthday card for a friend and unearthed one of those long-ago cards, a big glittery one with a bunny rabbit in a black formal coat playing the piano while all kinds of creatures watch. It’s a musical card — you open it and it plays a tune. It was in its original cellophane wrapper (slightly yellow from age) and I thought, “doggone, I wonder if this thing actually works.” I took off the wrapper and opened the card. Nothing. Not a peep. I closed it and opened it again. Still nothing. I turned it upside down and shook it. Nope. I tapped it gently… Read More »
Is it snarky? Or is it simply flapdoodle?
Every time I see the word “snarky,” I want to tell my friend Sharon. This is her word. She made it up. snarky adjective \ˈsnär-kē\ Popularity: Top 20% of words – Definition of snarky 1: crotchety, snappish Sharon was so pleased with that word that she would introduce it to everyone she met and would tell me whenever she heard it used on a show, or seen it in print. Unfortunately, Sharon passed from this earth several years ago, so I can’t tell her I just saw it again. Also, unfortunately, according to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, the word Snarky has been in use since 1908, many decades before either of us was born, so obviously, she did not make it up. But I am hearing and seeing it more often, so surely Sharon should at least get credit for popularizing it. But that got me thinking about other made-up, personal words. My dad used to use… Read More »
Kitty Cat Yoga
Yeah, I’ve tried yoga. Some of us are built for it — some are not. I’m not. However, I’m constantly reminded that I need to do some kind of exercise. And who reminds me (other than the mirror, I mean) — it’s my very own house-mates. Smokey has been doing it for so long that now she does yoga in her sleep. Even now that she is an “elderly” cat (according to her vet), she is still plenty limber. I am amazed at the agility with which she runs, leaps and even sleeps. Sleeping seems to be her favorite thing and she’s so cute that I have hundreds of pictures of her sleeping. Yoga obviously is second nature to her. Then there’s Paddy O’Cat. He tries — he really does — but on him it doesn’t look so natural and it’s pretty obvious that there’s something that prevents him from… Read More »
Santa Bunny
Yesterday I went to the mall and what did I see but some kind of Easter bunny aberration I can only classify as “Santa Bunny.” There in the place where Santa sits each year, was a large bunny-like creature with a child perched on its lap and a photographer madly snapping pictures.The kid did not seem thrilled with this, but the mother was beaming and the lady with the camera was working fast to get a picture of the kid looking at least semi-happy before it actually dissolved into tears. As the child evinced its displeasure, another woman — the Easter Bunny’s helper? — swooped in and plucked the child off of the rodent’s lap just as the kid started to actually cry. Who wants a picture of a crying kid being clutched by an oversize rodent? (Okay, rabbits are NOT actually rodents, but this was not actually a rabbit,… Read More »
The Camouflage Cat
If you’re as old as I am, you might remember a little poem about “The gingham dog and the calico cat.” Well, how about a Camouflage Cat? Paddy O’Cat has been studying the art of camouflage He has learned that there are times being invisible is a good thing. For instance, when he sees the cat carrier come out of the closet — nothing good ever comes of trips in the cat carrier. Also, when he sees Lop Ear stalking toward him or when Smokey snarls at him and he needs a quick getaway. Fortunately for him, I have a blanket that is the almost exact same colors as his fur. He is so successful at disguising himself on this blanket, that several time I have started to make the bed not realizing that he is on it. Blackjack, my sweet but not-too-bright little kitty, was impressed at Paddy’s idea… Read More »
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