Goodbye/Hello

January 1, 2009

I could not have imagined just how our year would play out when we began 2008. At this time last year, our plans to say goodbye to New York City were already in motion, but we never dreamed our dear Dub wouldn’t be making the trip with us, making an already bittersweet goodbye that [...]

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tree, branch, it’s all the same

December 23, 2008

We’ve always had a tree for Christmas. From big, lush beauties to a Charlie Brown tree to a cheap fake model from the local drugstore, Mike and I have not spent a Christmas together where there hasn’t been something in our home hung with ornaments.
We talked a lot about what to do [...]

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our first month with Kirby

December 9, 2008

Kirby’s been with us for a month now, and though I have had every intention of posting here more frequently to keep track of his progress and talk about some of the noteworthy things that have happened in that time, I haven’t gotten around to it – which sucks, because this little guy has been [...]

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I miss you.

December 3, 2008

Every month since you’ve been gone, the third of the month rolls around and it hasn’t gotten a damn bit easier to deal with. Last month we welcomed a new little orange guy into the family, and while he has done so very much to help our hearts heal, his presence makes your absence [...]

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A new chapter

November 10, 2008

Almost seven years to the day after two motherless kittens were rescued from the streets in West Point, NY, a litter of four who had been living in a DOT lot under the Pulaski Bridge in Greenpoint, Brooklyn found a similar fate. They had been cared for by a couple of big guys with [...]

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Change

November 4, 2008
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Missing you

November 1, 2008
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Never Say Never

October 23, 2008

I spotted our sweet friend Hoople in there. I miss our little Brooklyn colony.
Thanks for passing this along, Lisa – and, of course, for all you do.

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change of seasons

October 19, 2008

Yesterday was an absolutely perfect Fall day. The sky was crystalline blue, the colors of the leaves vibrant and saturated. It’s overcast today, and blustery. We turned the heat on and talked about bringing in the patio furniture, and rescuing our few remaining tomatoes, late bloomers still green on the vine. [...]

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This is my President

October 13, 2008
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