I’m posting my annual silent monk’s choir. It always bring a mix of emotions to me. I went to Catholic grade school and am familiar with the pomp and circumstance surrounding religious holidays. Trust me, we never did anything as … Continue reading
Author Archives: Kate Crimmins
Random 5 for December 21, 2025 – Error codes, flavors, Morgan, decorations, winter solstice
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Say what? – I was trying to log on to a website and got a new (to me) error code. It was 502 bad gateway. It’s self-explanatory and it made me smile. I’d love to oversee naming error codes along … Continue reading
Sassy cats – A Morgan update
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It’s the peep today and the news isn’t so good. Morgan had to go back to the vet. She’s wheezier this time around. They took x-rays and her issue is more serious than they thought. The trachea appears swollen but … Continue reading
Random 5 for December 14, 2025 – Snow, nature, machines, old people problems, schedules
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Happy winter! – We woke up this morning to snow! Lots of it. More than predicted. I have a birthday party today so I’m hoping the roads will be cleared by then. We haven’t had a lot of snow, but … Continue reading
Sassy cats — Sasha and the surgeon
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Sasha here. It was a dreadful week. The portal to hell came out. You know what that means. Someone is going to the vet. My money was on Morgan, but I lost. The peep kept whining about “fasting.” That is … Continue reading
Random 3 for December 7, 2025 – Schedules, cats, technology
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Just three today. Slow week with lots of upheavals and disruptions too boring to write about. The best laid plans of mice and men! – What should have been a regular week turned irregular. We had our first “bad weather” … Continue reading
Sassy cats – Sasha, the bugle girl of company B
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It’s the peep today with a story to tell. Wednesday morning I woke up to the sound of nothing. No noise of any sort. This hasn’t happened since March 2, 2019, which is the day that Sasha moved in. She … Continue reading
Random 3 for November 30, 2025 – Snow, friends, cats
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It’s a short one today. You know…holiday weekend…too much food…just plain lazy. All of the above. Snow! – Parts of the US have been getting significant snowfalls. It’s early for our area to get any real accumulation but some snow … Continue reading
Sassy cats — Our friend the squirrel
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Sasha the magnificent here. This week we’ve had a visitor. Not the two-legged kind (we had that too but it wasn’t near as exciting!), but a four-legged one. We all got pretty excited but the peep wouldn’t let us bring … Continue reading
Random 5 for November 23, 2025 – Birthdays, medical coverage, decorations, new stuff, friends
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Happy birthdays! – To the beloved husband and my sister-in-law Betty! He’s a rip roaring 83 and she is 96 and I don’t know how it happened! Just yesterday they were much younger. It’s a lot like July. Every year … Continue reading