After months of mourning the loss of Baxter, we recently decided it was time to try having a cat again – this time with a new strategy. As previously noted in the blog, our old cat KC is a carrier of the fatal kitty disease (FIP) which claimed Baxter’s life, so we had to arrange [...]
Category Archives: Life
A Wakeup Call From the Universe
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
I got a call last Tuesday from my old pal Beon. We were both Top-40 deejays on AM radio 30 years ago. He still lives down in New Orleans so I don’t see him very often, but we talk every couple of months.
“I had a heart attack and emergency triple bypass surgery,” was [...]
On the passing of a friend
Sunday, December 9, 2007
It’s an old story: Man meets cat. Man loves cat. Man loses cat.
Sounds silly in the writing, I know. But I’ve never before lost someone or something so close to my heart (surprising, at age 52), and the hole this wonderful animal left behind seems no closer to being filled than it did the day [...]
One Last Fish
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
I learned a few days ago of the death of my cousin Jim, who suffered a heart attack fishing off a pier in Galveston, Texas. Jim, who was in his mid-70s, had had a weak heart for many years. It ran in his family - as will become clear in a moment.
I loved Jim and his family [...]
Fires, Day 4: And Now, For Something Completely Different
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Today a lot of people are being allowed back into their homes - or what’s left of them. But we are just beginning to get a handle on what has been lost this week.
A good friend e-mailed me yesterday saying that his home was probably lost. He also has a large business, which he closed [...]
Fires, Day 2: The Visibilty of “Stuff”
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
The fires continue to rage. I know of at least four people who have lost their homes. Two more who have evacuated and are awaiting the verdict of the wind. Our house continues to be out of the path of the fires, but the air is smoky, there is a burning smell, and a covering [...]
San Diego is Burning
Monday, October 22, 2007
I just heard on TV that more than 250,000 people in San Diego have been ordered to evacuate their homes because of the wildfires. The pictures are simply incredible - hot winds from the east are blowing the flames and smoke almost sideways, and the valiant firefighters can’t seem to stay ahead of them. Neighborhoods are [...]