Valentine's 2026.

A New Picture Post with Much-Needed Updates!

I'm still recovering from several recent surgeries and in fact, things have been going poorly, are very challenging. Complications from one emergency surgery may be leading places I don't want to go but have little choice. I haven't been able to write, post, email, do much of anything and that can be difficult so I …

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Running Behind! Some Short, Quick Posts Coming Up.

Hi y'all! Sorry posts have been sparse lately. Those of you who have been with me for awhile know I've been living with severe health problems for a long time and these have really been worsening in many ways over the past year and a half, made complicated by injuries and emergency surgeries. I've also …

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The Halloween Cats

Ace, the reluctant Halloween kitty Halloween Henry, the Holiday Cat Scott Holstad's 2023 Halloween Quote -- a Tribute to our Halloween Cats When you’re lying in bed fighting off the urge to scream, it’s not the memories that keep you going. Instead, it’s the dreams and the cats blaring evil and godlike into the blackness... …

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More Ace

Well, Ace had his first birthday on Tuesday and it was pretty good. I went to PetSmart and found several brands of chicken flavored pate cat food (that's all Henry and Ace will eat -- they're so spoiled) and got three for each. I got some treats. And I got some fun toys, including a …

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Ace’s Birthday

Today is our kitten, Ace's, first birthday. It's really hard to believe. He's grown so much. Yet he still behaves like a kitten and still kind of looks like a kitten, especially compared to our older, bigger cat Henry. Henry has always been "my" cat. He's always been loyal to me. He likes/loves Gretchen, but …

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