I have a tendency for being able to catch loose animals. I’ve wrangled 3 or 4 loose dogs (with varying degrees of story to STORY, all for another day), missed a couple of others, not to mention tracking down a loose Binky once upon a time. But this time, it was our current neighbor’s cat, […]
One of the most startling changes after Binky left was how quiet the house became. He was, to butcher Shakespeare, full of sound and love, signifying everything. From his snoring to his purrs you could hear from across the room. His sighs, the sounds of his nails clattering on the floor, yowling to go outside. […]
Wingnut has always been a vocal cat. Not talkative, but willing to speak his mind with merps and tribbles and other minor utterances. It’s an endearing quality especially in a cat who excels at being silent. Just now, as I sat on the couch working, he walked up to the cat tree where Abbie lay […]
When someone in your household passes, the home maintains a lot of memories. That can be difficult to deal with, regardless if the someone was a human or an animal. We look around this house every day and see things that remind us about Binky—from the mundane to the special, from the dining room table […]