Category: cats
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Eight Weeks and Counting
Of all the beings I’ve met so far since my move to Puerto Rico, I’ve only met one creature that has so much in common with me. For example, Diego and I live in the same adorable neighborhood, neither of us are remotely fluent in Puerto Rican Spanish, we are the only two people in…
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Cat Spaghetti Bachata Yoga
AKA You Won’t Get Out Alive So You’d Better Make It Interesting It’s been a minute. I went to Puerto Rico to visit for a week and I found so many beautiful and interesting places. I found Caribbean weather and bright turquoise ocean again. I lost all sense of taste, smell, and, I lost my…
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Puerto Rico
While I recover from a week of traveling and a rather large and looming project that is due at the end of next week, my random thoughts from last week’s excursion will have to suffice. More to come… First 24 hours in Puerto Rico: 1. It was not a fluke. I truly love a humid,…
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Dear Ralph Lauren aka PixieHood of the Traveling Pants
(I don’t know, it’s a play on Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) Don’t worry, this post isn’t just for Ralph, you can read it too. The high level topic seems rather inconsequential – first-world, if you will – but let me explain. It’s deeper than you think. While this is an ode to a pair…
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Grow, Baby, Grow
Because of a conversation with a dear friend living in Costa Rica, I had an epiphany this evening. She’s from London, England, but said that she feels very connected to Costa Rica and loves living there, as did I. She also said that it feels as though she’s lived many different lifetimes while there. I…
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Shellfish/Selfish Sacrifice
(Disclaimer: this post involves description of animal preparation for meat purposes, not ritual. Read with caution). On Saturday a dear friend took me to one of those big box stores (rhymes with “LostCo”) with grocery items in large quantities. I was very hesitant to embark on that field trip because of the sheer size of…
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Things & Stuff
I love to find patterns in everything – except my clothing. Patterns in human and animal behavior keep me safe, patterns at work keep me employed with less room for insanity to creep in. Though I’m not bad during an unannounced fire drill (aka dying patient) which is why I was good working in emergency…
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Listless
I have a close friend who feels the need to send a group text to me and our third “Musketeer,” informing us of everything she’s doing on certain days. She doesn’t do this every day, but regularly feels the need to share. These aren’t grocery lists or task lists. Rather, it’s a summary of everything…
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The Sail, Not the Anchor
I’ve had writer’s block for almost a week. Granted, I’ve been busy. Busy, where I’ve needed extra brain power, so that could explain the absence of creativity. I’m needing to hold down a corporate job again, as many people do, to keep their cats in the lifestyle to which they are accustomed. I just walked…
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Women Who Run With Wolves
“You can love her with everything you have and she still won’t belong to you. She will run wild with you, beside you with every step but let me tell you something about women who run with wolves, their fierce hearts don’t settle between walls and their instinct is stronger than upbringing.” – Nikki Rowe…
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Settling In?
That is not a great title. We all know I won’t be settling into the desert ever again. The tropical jungles, rainforests and Caribbean Sea agreed with me. That is an understatement. My whole being came alive, heart, soul and the rest. My skin had never looked better and that humidity takes at least ten…
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Abundant
aka Jobs That Don’t Suck Despite how misleading my last post could seem after you read this one, it’s not. It’s all in your head, just like where I perceive I am is all in mine. Everything I write is 1000% true. Last time I told us all to find “that thing” that sets our…
Pixie in Paradise 