May 23, 2008– A Rabid Girl
The cat rescue saga continues… I’ve been bitten. The great irony is that when I initially went to catch the feral cats, my husband had said, “don’t get rabies! Although I’m not sure if we’d be able to tell if you were rabid,” referring to my slightly wonky mental state. I [...]
Archive for May, 2008
A Rabid Girl
May 26, 2008
The Cat Crusade
May 12, 2008
May 11, 2008– The Cat Crusade
After going to a farm to save ducks, and seeing a large number of feral cats slated for destruction, I was not able to sleep. I have surely lost my mind for good, and took it upon myself to save all of the cats. I don’t know why.
I started calling [...]
A Single White Feather
May 7, 2008
May 6, 2008– A Single White Feather
Yesterday was my craziest stunt by far, nuttier than milking the cat, crazier than feeding my son’s snack to a pig. Yesterday I stuffed 23 ducks into my small car.
I was contacted by a woman who was moving away, and whose husband was going to kill any [...]
Small Comforts
May 2, 2008
May 2, 2008– Small Comforts
Yesterday I felt like I’d been run over by a train. Hours of intermittent tears and exhaustion left its toll. Still, I cannot help but reflect upon the small mercies of the last 24 hours.
In the afternoon my son helped me gently lift Tash’s body onto a blanket, and [...]
RIP Tash
May 2, 2008
May 1, 2008– RIP Tash
It has been a difficult day. Things haven’t being going well in general, over the last week. The horse we board has had an abscessed hoof return. It is a painful problem, and her diligent owner and I spend much time, icing, poulticing, rubbing Absorbine in….
I had given a [...]
