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A New Home?

A New Home?

Sweet Anna

Friends, we are having some difficulty at home. Actually, to be more accurate, the trouble has been going on for a while, but we’ve been doing our best to correct it.

My cat Apollo has been pretty brutally attacking my other cat Anna. For those of you who know Anna, you know she’s a sweetheart. She loves attention from everyone — she thinks she’s people. I’ve had Anna for nearly 15 years; I adopted her from Bishop Animal Shelter in Bradenton, Florida, when I was going through some changes in my life. She and I got through those difficult times together, and it was only us for a number of years. She’s been a big part of my adult life, and it breaks my heart that I need to find another home for her.

I’ve tried everything to help Apollo and Anna get along, but it appears the situation is beyond me. I have to keep them separated at all times, and neither is very happy because of it. It’s not fair to them, and it’s not fair to Autumn and me.

So I’m asking my friends and family to help me find a new home for Anna. She probably doesn’t have too many more years left, and I want those to be with someone who will care for her and give her the attention and love she deserves. If any of you think you could find a bit of room for dear Anna, please let me know. Or, if you know of anyone who might like an older kitty, please let me know. Or, if you have a solution that hasn’t occurred to me, please let me know.

I appreciate all of your help. See more photos of Anna on my Flickr stream or in my gallery.

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Autumn after 5

After five years, she’s still. . .

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Trust Me

Trust Me

I am, you know. Photo by Autumn, taken on my birthday, August 18th. Present by Cheryl.

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Birthday 2007

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You Can’t Go Home Again

You Can’t Go Home Again

I have finished re-reading, again, what is arguably F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best short story, “Babylon Revisited.” It merges the past with the present as Charlie Wales returns to Paris to try and recapture his life literally by taking custody of his daughter Honoria, and figuratively by exploring the Paris of his prodigal past that still lives in his memory if not in reality. As Charlie looks back, he is concomitantly forced to look inward at his character and come to terms with bitter experiences that continue to haunt his life. Charlie has returned to Babylon to inquire and probe: is he a bad father and husband, or just the victim of bad luck?

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I Don’t Feel at Home Where I Am

I don’t feel at home where I am,
or where I spend time; only where,
beyond counting, there’s freedom and calm,
that is, waves, that is, space where, when there,
you consist of pure freedom, which, seen,
turns that Gorgon, the crowd, to stone,
to pebbles and sand … where life’s mean-
ing lies buried, that never let one
come within cannon shot yet.
From cloud-covered wells untold
pour color and light, a fete
of cupids and Ledas in gold.
That is, silk and honey and sheen.
That is, boon and quiver and call.
That is, all that lives to be free,
needing no words at all.

—Regina Derieva (trans. Alan Shaw)

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