Ahhh, Fall is here.  I don’t know about you, but this summer flew by like no other before. Here and gone so fast, like a meal at chipotle—hot spicy and delicious, only to exit our lives/intestinal tracts seemingly too unexpectedly quick. In summer our adult lives go on mostly the same, while we are left […]

You have said goodbye to your sweet pet.  Maybe it was a cat you’d originally obtained as a neonate orphaned kitten that you decided to foster/hand-raise and after being weaned, it decided it would claw anyone else besides you to death, thereby becoming yours furever.  Or perhaps it was a dog you adopted when they […]

Pro tip: if you nearly white out your face through overexposure, you don’t see your developing wrinkles. But warning, you may blind anyone scrolling through your feed.  You can also inject yourself with your own blood plasma for a fresh-faced appearance.  I don’t know if I’m yet ready for the “vampire facial” quite yet, but […]

A silver lining in the trials of motherhood  (please read on if you have a preteen or teenage daughter): For Sloane’s 13th birthday, part of her gift was a 4/3 wetsuit and a trip for just her and me to Montauk at the The End of Long Island.  We surfed every day, saw seals so […]

So why else are cats not exactly winning these days?  No, it actually doesn’t have anything to do with the eponymous embarrassing musical movie version (although sync cringe-inducing nausea), but instead the Easter holiday upon us. Dandelion needs answers and he needs them now For those of you who don’t already know, the Easter lily […]

Right meow, between COVD-19 and Easter, it’s really not the best time for cats.  Let me explain. When coronavirus panic first hit, there was a flood of general public confusion surrounding felines and their ability to contract and transmit this novel virus.  There is a long-known coronavirus cats can get (FCoV) but are they can […]

I am perpetually seeking to give my kids authentic experiences.  The Real Deal, let’s-make-this-from-scratch, “home-made is heart-made.” The results are often disappointingly lackluster, because, frankly, I am not a professional, and neither are they.  I am, weirdy, often surprised, even shocked, at the cringe-worthy results.   Perhaps I get cocky, and forget I went to […]

Lovely Chaos. This is the phrase that’s esqsentially evolved to be my mantra.  I can’t claim to have this wisdom 20 years ago (or even 10) but with the slower metabolism and fine lines around the eyes comes a realization that you can either fight the “mess” or you can recognize the beauty of what […]