I’ve worn the harness for a couple of weeks, but I still can’t say I like it. It seems every few days Mom takes it off me and then puts it right back on. She says I’m growing so fast that she has to adjust the strap that goes around my tummy. She also checks that she can put a couple of fingers in the … Continue reading Part 5 – The Harness
The following week, I heard Mom and Dad talking about ways to keep me safe. Mom was concerned that because I could only see out of one eye, a dog might come up on my blindside and do something awful to me. She mentioned someone named Iggy and someone else named Segia. I didn’t know who that was, but knew I could ask Fred. Later … Continue reading Part 4 Keeping Me Safe
Helping Murphy Jones the Cat write his life story is proving to be a great deal of fun. It has also been a good memory refresh! We just need to get those memories written down before they wander off again to those dark corners of our minds. He also says writing them down interferes with both his napping schedule and his snuggle time. He complains … Continue reading Murphy Jones Posting Schedule
After that first trip to the vet, my lady didn’t lie about trying to do something with my infected eye. She told the man that she was going to the store to buy something called sterile saline solution. She said it had been recommended on the Internet, whatever that means. I just know that she started holding me down and squirting liquid into my eye. … Continue reading Chapter 3: My Eye
That first night my lady brought in a plastic box with sand in the bottom. She said it was a litter box, and that she hoped I would use it. I had never used one before, but my mother had told my brothers, sisters, and I about using one when she was young. As Fred started to groom me again, he had whispered that I … Continue reading Chapter 2: My Start as a Dog-Cat
I am a cat. More specifically I am a nine-year-old male cat. My people say I have been neutered. I’m not sure what that means, but just that something in my life is missing. I don’t remember a time when I didn’t live with my people. She says I was less than eight weeks old when I showed up in their backyard. I do know … Continue reading I Am Murphy Jones The Cat
Life in our area of Texas has become a daily discussion about the weather. We have had either Heat Advisories or Severe Thunderstorm warnings. This morning is cool after yesterday’s storm that dumped 2.5 inches of rain in 5 hours. The ground is saturated from the storms we had daily this last week. Our back yard becomes a pond. I’m sure the crayfish to hang … Continue reading Heat and Thunderstorms
One of the difficult things about trying to schedule book launch events is the timing of book shipments. When I order an item from Amazon, I can expect delivery in two days or maybe five days if it is coming straight from the supplier. With books for a launch or book tour, they may arrive in two weeks or it might be six weeks. I … Continue reading Shipment has arrived!
I’m not the best at keeping up with social media. I do use Facebook to catch up with relatives and friends at a distance. It is also handy to learn about local events. Because we live in a small town, word of mouth is a major source for local news. I only remember to post things here when there is a major event happening. Usually … Continue reading Social Media
Next week our team (husband, dog and 2 cats) will load up the camper van to head north. I’ve booked some quiet stops along the way. Our destination is Savanna, Illinois. I hope to spend some time with cousins who live in the area. I will start the day, June 17th at the Farmers Market and end the day eating pizza at a class reunion. … Continue reading June Book Tour
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