EDIT: Added some additional organizations! I wasn’t going to post anything else until next year sometime, after our move to the Midwest... But I think that this is important. I do not usually write posts like this; typically, I write memories or...

I wasn’t going to post anything else until next year sometime, after our move to the Midwest... But I think that this is important. I do not usually write posts like this; typically, I write memories or about the weird antics of my cats... you...

“There are no ordinary cats.” -Collette My Sam, our big boy-kitty (please see my profile picture) is a character. I’ve had several cats (or, as they see it, they’ve had me) throughout my life: Charlie was my little brother, Nappy was my...

“Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.” -Benedick, Much Ado About Nothing -William Shakespeare It was our third or fourth date, about eleven years ago, when I knew I really liked the man that would become my husband.  I already knew I loved...

Note: This is my submission for Featured_Grownups. 1973, A few days before Christmas... When I woke up that morning, my brothers (I have four of them, three older, one younger than me) were all yelling, “It’s snowing! It’s snowing!” I could...