cats, beets, etc.

February 9, 2002

Today's Reading
The Birds of Heaven: Travels with Cranes by Peter Matthiessen, The Origins of Fruit and Vegetables by Jonathan Roberts

This Year's Reading
2002 Book List

Photos

Jake

Maxine

Adopt these cats at Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society

New cats. There are always new cats. Please spay/neuter your pet.

Jake is a cutie! Maxine is a star she posed with her most adoptable look for the camera. Can't you just hear her purring "I am soooo verrrry adoptable!" She loves people.

Noni wouldn't let me take her picture. She hissed at me and hunkered down in her litter box so only her ears were visible above the edge of the box. We tried luring her out with toys but she was having none of it.

My pal Ringo with his round head, round eyes, and unusual markings is going to his new home today. Yay! I petted him extra special and wished him well in his new life. Hopefully he won't get returned the next day like he did last time. He's such a great cat. Smokey the gorgeous elder gray cat has gone to a foster home that is supposedly going to lead to adoption. That would be excellent for him. And Whitey, the huge white guy, is on hold too. He's supposed to be picked up some time this weekend.

So after the quickie cat photography and a long wait in line at Middle Street Foods staring at the "If you fear change, leave yours here" sign on tip jar before I got my coffee (no wonder I had a headache), I scurried home and changed clothes for our annual anniversary lunch at Trident Booksellers Cafe. It took me one hour and 35 minutes to get to South Station to pick up Nancy. That's longer than it takes to drive to her place in Providence. Can we get a spay/neuter program going for the traffic on 93? Please spay/neuter your car. And while you're at it build that rail tunnel to connect South Station to North Station so people - like for example Nancy - can get from somewhere south of Boston to somewhere north of Boston. I mean I realize Boston is the Hub of the Universe, but sometimes people just might want to go somewhere else on public transportation.

Where was I besides on I-93? Oh yeah, Trident, where me met 8 years ago. A good time was had by all. The jewel-like beets are back to our great joy. We were so happy about the beets that when we got back to my house I read aloud to Nancy the history of beet cultivation from The Origins of Fruit and Vegetables. We're weird that way.