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50 something, mom to three house panthers, one dog, and two adult humans. Iowa born and raised, Army vet, retired Army spouse, lived in more places than I care to admit. Now in Arlington, VA. Volunteer Lost Dog and Cat Rescue, baker, hockey fan, CyclONEnation. Progressive Christian.

Recent Comments

  1. 2 days ago on Sarah's Scribbles

    My animals definitely have emotions. I’m the middle cat’s favorite human and he sulks when I’m gone for more than a day. He has to have bedtime cuddles every night and insists on waking me just before the alarm to let me know he’s STARVING!

  2. 6 days ago on Breaking Cat News

    And Elvis speaks grumpy old cat

  3. 20 days ago on Phoebe and Her Unicorn

    I just recently found Phoebe and Marigold thanks to Georgia Dunn and BCN. I lost my dear Caroline roughly two weeks after Gladys passed. What a wonderful tribute to all the felines that have shared our home.

  4. 27 days ago on Texts From Mittens

    Tortietude is not to be messed with

  5. about 1 month ago on Luann

    Bet you’re a ton of fun at a party. Have you read any kids books? Have read any Dr Seuss or Beatrix Potter or any current kids books? A lot of them have talking animals of different species. Again it’s called using your imagination – ie doesn’t have to be grounded in reality.

  6. about 1 month ago on Luann

    She’s a kid who knows that her parents don’t really want her and coping the only way she can. She doesn’t have a better way of expressing herself. Much like why toddlers have tantrums – they don’t have the vocabulary or cognitive ability to say, “This situation is making stressed/upset” so they scream and cry.

  7. about 1 month ago on Luann

    Agreed! Bernice reminds me a lot of my mother – several years of therapy is slowly undoing the harmful effects.

  8. about 1 month ago on Luann

    It went away after a few moments.

  9. about 1 month ago on Luann

    Any child having their imagination stifled by a condescending adult.

  10. about 1 month ago on Breaking Cat News

    I have home renovation PTSD from childhood. We lived in what was originally a two bedroom farm house built in 1932. My parents added an addition that gave my sister and I our own rooms, but they didn’t finish main floor/living room for several years. In the meantime they decided that it would be a good winter project for my dad (crop farmer) to strip all of the plaster and lathing from the then kitchen and living room (roughly 1/3 of the house) and replace it with sheet rock. We lived in the house during the whole thing, fifty years later and home renovations give me anxiety attacks – and my husband wonders why I’m so on edge just talking about the renovations we need to do in the next couple of years.