I hate grocery stores. Unlike most places were people shop, grocery stores do not have a specific demographic they cater to – everyone needs food. One would think that with so many different kinds of people gathering in one place, there would be multitudes of different kinds of behavior, but this is not so. My […]
Meg Shaw
Goodbye, Dear Friend
The Universe’s greatest cruelty is that we outlive our animals. That’s what Jamie said to me at the vet clinic on Thursday as we watched Fatty quietly take his last few breaths. In that cold, empty moment, his statement echoed in my head and the sterile room seemed to spin. The blood rushed from my […]
Sleepovers
One of my biggest fears is that having three cats makes me completely un-date-able. When I meet a potentially interesting fellow, I generally try to avoid the topic of pets all together in an attempt to avoid this conversation: Potentially Interesting Fellow: So, any pets or anything? Dogs? Cats? Beta? Me: I have cats. How […]
Cats and My Health
I left LA this weekend to escape the noise and spend some time on the central coast with friends. Unfortunately, I spent about two hours of my mini vacation in the ER. Mystically, two hundred miles away from my house and my cats, my crazy cat lady aura still managed to cling to me. The […]
Chronicles of a Crazy Cat Lady – Introduction
I am a twenty six year old female and I live alone. Well, that’s not entirely true: I live with three cats. How is it, you might ask, that someone who is only twenty six has already succumbed to this cliché lifestyle? Glad you asked. That is exactly what this blog is designed to figure […]
Home
Home. One syllable. So much meaning. I’ve been on a quest, for several years now, to find my home. The meaning of “home” and all its implications has been rather problematic for me. A while back, I took a poll in my blog asking you to vote on what “home” means. I believe it went […]
