“To write well, to write passionately, to be less inhibited, to be warmer, to be more self-critical, to recognize the power of as well as the force of lust, to write, to love.” ———John Cheever (from The Journals of John Cheever)
Been back from my residency in Vermont for two weeks now. Ooof, talk about [...]

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Just got a new laptop. Ok, not JUST got a new laptop… more like, got one 3 weeks ago but was so darned busy with school stuff that I only got to setting it up yesterday.
Ok, wait. Ted only got to setting it up yesterday.
I’m so bad with computers.
Anyway. We haven’t yet figured out how [...]

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O. M. G.
I totally forgot it was Hermia’s Birthday today.
Two days of celebrations!She was born on April 15, 1991– which makes her 17 years old. But, according
to this website , she’s really 78 years old (in the human equivalent).
Here’s their chart:

Here’s a look at Hermia through the years:
1. (first picture) she’s just about [...]

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A few weeks ago Ted and had to deal with something very serious.
Our cat, Hermia, is getting old.
Really. She was born April 14, 1991 . She’s going to be 17 years old in two months. (these pictures are from around 1992).
I got Hermia from my friend, Sydny, who had gotten her as a kitten. [...]

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Busy week, but i’ll try to get everyone caught up.
Friday we saw Cloverfield. Ted wasn’t crazy about it but I had a good time. It reminded me of classic 50s sci-fi and the gimmick of seeing everything through the ‘hand-held’ cam only made it creepier for me (esp. the scene in the subway tunnel with [...]

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**Wrote two pages at the coffee shop today. Starting to feel like the coffee shop might not be the best place for me to write. Maybe to revise or edit, but not when I really need my brain and my concentration. I’ll try the library at UCSD again next week after our mini-vay-cay. 
We’re going to [...]

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Could it be that Hermia, in her old age (she’s almost 17 years old) is beginning to soften?
For the past two and a half years (ever since Ted and I moved in together, merged the three cats–his young rambunctious Jack and Betsy with my ancient, princess of the castle fatty Hermia) my Hermia has kept [...]

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Ah, yes. It’s Friday. Sigh.
I woke up late (9 a.m.!) and then I took Hermia (my aged cat) to Petsmart for her first ever grooming! She’s pretty tubby, and old, and so she has a hard time cleaning herself. We decided we should take her to get washed/brushed.
We’ve washed her in the bathtub before, but [...]

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