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Jan8

rose.

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rescued while trying to join a colony of cats in detroit

cared for by a foster family

 looking for a place to call home

i feel lucky she landed in mine

 shy and sweet and young

not quite sure what life will be like here

she came out from her hiding place

long enough for us to each check on the other

i see her natural fancy costume

of black ears and tail

snow white body

she’s now olive’s new sister

 and will be called rose

which makes her *rose kennedy

*(the cat, not to be confused with the political dynasty’s family matriarch who shared the same moniker)

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“a kitten is, in the animal world, what a rosebud is in the garden.”

-robert southey

Jan6

looking for my cat.

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no, she has not gone missing

but keeping santa’s promise

to sweet kitty, olive –

 find her a sweet companion.

with virus, time home, holidays

sweet little kitties are hard to find

but i’m on the case

ready for the rescue

i see her on the horizon

 have one very close

to coming home. 

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“there are no ordinary cats.”

-colette

 

 

 

 

 

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photo credit: reed.edu

Jun11

art houses.

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the wizard house

the purple house with the sun

 

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so many stories here

 

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“every spirit makes its house,

and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.”

-ralph waldo emerson

 

 

 

 

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images: Ann Arbor, Michigan – Traverse City, Michigan

Mar19

quarantine.

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 home and in self-imposed quarantine

soon to venture back out 

to the stars, the blue sky, the river, and the woods. 

 

 

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‘the vast differences that separate the stars are providential.

beings and worlds are quarantined from each other.

the quarantine is lifted only

for those with sufficient self-knowledge and judgement

to have safely traveled from star to star.’

-carl sagan

 

 

 

 

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image credit: google images

Feb17

speed decorating.

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olive the cat not the oil

startled for no reason

(as often happens with both of us)

jumped off the ledge 

 right onto my favorite lamp

 startling both of us

(now for a reason)

I see it as her way

of not so subtly suggesting

a redecorating idea.  

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“my personal decorating style is cozy,

romantic and a little rustic, with a sense of whimsy.”

 – k. schlapman

Dec29

come home to you.

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where olive belongs. 

 

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“Want to know the truth about belonging?

It takes courage to belong.

It takes bravery to show up in your own skin.

It’s easy to fit in.

It’s easy to blend in and hide your outrageousness.

And it’s also the easiest way to lose the precious parts of you.

You deserve to be seen. You deserve to be heard.

You deserve to be known for the real deal that you are.

Stop taking the easy way out. Stop trying to fit in.

The best place in life is where you’re already okay.

Come home to you.

It’s where you belong.”

― Anne Bechard

Aug31

glitter library.

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glitter library.

two words you don’t often find together.

how could i pass this up?

whoever named this is brilliant

it’s sure to bring a little sparkle to my home

la casita pacifica was just waiting for this

and didn’t even know it. 

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“I could see myself as a glitter hippie.”

-Kylie Minogue