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1. about 15 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   Although this could be a fancy French recipe, it still seems fishy…

2. about 15 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   You can still get them, and there are even larger sized looms and loops available now — along with books giving rather sophisticated patterns. Definitely a step up from what I played with ad a kid. (Remember all those little loops made from discarded commercial sock-weaving selvedges that didn’t stretch onto the loom?) They’re a good entry into serious artistic work on tapestry looms, and make great holiday or house-guest presents that evoke memories.

3. 1 day ago on Breaking Cat News

   “Wafls” may be loop-woven potholders from the kitchen…

4. 1 day ago on Breaking Cat News

   Be sure to thank the surgeons—and whole medical team— for all the time and effort they spent to gain the knowledge to be able do this. All the times they stayed home and studied when their friends were playing, partying, going to concerts and kissing their sweeties. All the things they did without to be able to afford all those years and years of education. All the memorizing of anatomical stuff, getting through the courses that weeded out most of the students. Internship… residency… Getting up early, giving their best attention to all the other patients who needed care while you’ve been sitting and nervously waiting. And being ready to give 150% to the next patient who needs help…

5. 4 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Statistics show that indoor cats generally live longer than outdoor cats, with an average lifespan of 10–20 years compared to 2–5 years for outdoor cats.

   Cats let outdoors by my friends have been run over by cars, infected with parasites and diseases, killed or maimed by predators, died after having their intestines punctured by bones and both poisoned in ways that appeared to have been both accidental and intentional. An ex-cop neighbor bragged of having shot a cat that was digging in his garden. A “friend of a friend” who bills herself as a “Reiki animal communicator” and charges people for seances with their deceased pets smugly bragged of having “rescued” what appeared to be a purebred cat that was sitting on someone’s front steps because she decided the cat was unhappy and wanted to live with her because they’d been together in a past life.

6. 6 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   “Keep on truckin”

7. 7 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Remember that kittens are curious children, and can/will get into anything/everything — will climb curtains and Christmas trees, and don’t know what’s inedible. Cat-proof the house…Two are less trouble than one, and four times the fun!

8. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   Definite side-eye here.

9. 8 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   My mother used to check her favorite quilting chair and the area around it with a strong magnet to corral stray pins and needles. However, years after her passing, those sitting in the “Siege Perilous” risked getting a needle stuck in their butt.

10. 11 days ago on Breaking Cat News

    This cooler is really quite cool,

    Though retro and slightly “old school,”

    Because it can be

    Great for “spilling the tea,”

    Or setting up a betting pool.