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Blessed relief

Movement on The Dinosaur Lords front!

No, the Official Editorial Rewrite Notes still haven’t gotten here. The good news is that there is reason to believe they are about to.

The bad news was I also got what I thought was reason to suspect the editor was going to ask me to make fundamental changes to the [...]

When the cats are away...

No, actually, even with the cats right there, the mice disport themselves quite freely, thank you very much.

Specifically, the  mice have not just been eating, but stealing the cats’ food while they lie mere feet away.

And hiding it here.

Merry Christmas, 2009

Wishing all a Merry Christmas filled with peace & harmony, and a happy, healthy, prosperous New year.

Flat Cats

No, not the Heinlein flat cats from The Rolling Stones. Just our problem child Squeak.

So, many mornings Squeak comes onto the bed and demands that I roll onto my back and let her either perch or lie on my chest. Which, generally, I do. Then I pet her some and sort of fold my hands [...]

Squeak on the brain

Well, not exactly. But close. That much is literally true.

Around 7 AM here in Casa Milán several things tend to happen at once. I need to get up and go offload fluids. Emma Dog wants to go outside, for approximately the same reason. And Squeak, my deranged and adored black cat, decides she has to [...]

Squeak Logic

When I’ve blogged about my animals it’s mostly been about Emma. I’m not sure why. Much as I love her, the cats and I are bonded much closer. We’ve got a lot more history.

Maybe that’s part of it. Tales about TJ and Squeak have tails, that reach back a dozen years. Emma’s been with us [...]