Well, I just spent some quality time with Wanda. She was awake when I went in there, and I squeezed a tube treat on top of her remaining food, put a little hot water on it to make it more fragrant and palatable. And she ate! She was hungry, enthusiastic, and she ate a few teaspoons, and I praised her for having done a good job, and she went back and ate more. She purred when I petted her, and seemed happy to have the company.
We went through that three or four times more and then she stood up and walked to the edge to the bed, and I lifted her down. She drank a little water, walked over and looked at the litter box, and after a bit I put her back on the bed.
I’m going to talk to the shelter person tomorrow about the possibility of breaking her medication into four doses instead of two, or increasing the dose for a while, because clearly something needs to happen. Also doubling my standing order of tube treats.
Aw, Biff, that’s so kind of you. But honest to Pete, I feel like I drop the ball a lot.
There’s a lot of work going on right now with the Garage project, and I’m going to multiple physical therapy appointments each week, and I’m feeling pretty spread thin.
But I just got off the phone with the painter, and instead of having a crew, it’s just gonna be him, and he’s got another job out this way, so he’s gonna be moving back-and-forth between them. All of which meant that he is flexible about being able to just push everything over to one side, finishing that side and then coming back and doing the other. Which is a huge relief.
I bought trim for the windows in the last couple days. Hemlock for the inside, Doug fir for the outside. Really nice wood. I looked at those harbor freight workbenches you told me about, and they’re really nice. But my mindset right now is, “done is pretty.” It’s August. It’s time to be nervous.
The only reason disease outbreaks haven't been worse is the population is very spread out? I don't know ... wouldn't a state losing its rural hospitals due to RFK Jr. ... oh, wait. Nevermind.
I'm inside the "inner loop" in Dallas and it always surprises me the amount of wildlife we have in our neighborhood (including coyotes sited up and down neighborhood streets occasionally).
The last lady who owned house had several bird feeders and bird houses....and a cat door.
Course, benefit of the doubt, she might have been rescuing ferals and they just don't do the inside thing very well. But still, sorta felt like a set up for bird slaughter
This may be repeat news for some of you, since you all actually have lives and may not have seen my earlier post.
From my neck of the woods: and what the hell is the neck of the woods, anyway?
My first pension check from my recent retirement arrived yesterday. This gave me both clarity on how close my math was (pretty close) and a certain measure of relief. It’s a state pension in a state where the governor has lusted publicly about eliminating state pensions (pretty sure this does not include his).
Wanda is hanging in there, has lost a concerning amount of weight. She eats, with encouragement, so my job is to go in to her room more frequently and encourage her to eat. I’m keeping her separated from the other cats because I don’t think she needs the stress right now, so she’s on her own a lot. I’m gonna head in there in a few minutes and put some warm water and a tube treat on her food, and hang out with her.
I am considering, strongly, getting a kitten for Alice. She spent the first six months of her life basically with other cats. She lived in someone’s house in what was essentially a feral colony. I see her yearning for affection from the others, which is received indifferently on their part. So I figure this is on them. If they register a complaint, I will remind them that they have the option of not being assholes, which they declined. I reached out to the person who asked me to foster Alice last year, and she was very optimistic about the chances of finding an appropriate companion cat for Alice.
That is all. I got up and put the clothes in the dryer, but the timer doesn’t work on it— a good winter project, I think— so I have to be awake and present when I have clothes in the dryer, but I’m not gonna go to sleep anytime soon, so killing two stones with one bird. I’m gonna take a shower, and then go hang with Wanda for a bit. I might be back.
Some cats are completely happy being the only cat. If you look on Petfinder, and dial in your locale, you can read descriptions of the various cats available. Highly likely that you will see some that are specified as one cat household cats.
That having been said, if you know it’s not the right time or place for you to take on the care of an animal, then you are doing the kindest thing by taking that road.
She is why people don’t believe women. 🙄
Ahhhh, the sniff test
This woman is a mess!
She is 100% batshit bonkers. All the damn way around the bend and back again. Someone check on them kids, would ya?
She’s so freaking disgusting. Bitch worry about yourself Ty
“I don’t want to see any glitter parties!”
Okay team, you know what to do…
(Sorry, Marcie.)
There isn’t a trace of grace in Nancy Mace.
Her Kompromat file in 3 words: “she’s a man”. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Who knew SC was so backward?
I thought they still had slavery
SC's favorite son Stephen Colbert for governor.
Well, I just spent some quality time with Wanda. She was awake when I went in there, and I squeezed a tube treat on top of her remaining food, put a little hot water on it to make it more fragrant and palatable. And she ate! She was hungry, enthusiastic, and she ate a few teaspoons, and I praised her for having done a good job, and she went back and ate more. She purred when I petted her, and seemed happy to have the company.
We went through that three or four times more and then she stood up and walked to the edge to the bed, and I lifted her down. She drank a little water, walked over and looked at the litter box, and after a bit I put her back on the bed.
I’m going to talk to the shelter person tomorrow about the possibility of breaking her medication into four doses instead of two, or increasing the dose for a while, because clearly something needs to happen. Also doubling my standing order of tube treats.
I am encouraged.
Every cat deserves a guardian like you.
Aw, Biff, that’s so kind of you. But honest to Pete, I feel like I drop the ball a lot.
There’s a lot of work going on right now with the Garage project, and I’m going to multiple physical therapy appointments each week, and I’m feeling pretty spread thin.
But I just got off the phone with the painter, and instead of having a crew, it’s just gonna be him, and he’s got another job out this way, so he’s gonna be moving back-and-forth between them. All of which meant that he is flexible about being able to just push everything over to one side, finishing that side and then coming back and doing the other. Which is a huge relief.
I bought trim for the windows in the last couple days. Hemlock for the inside, Doug fir for the outside. Really nice wood. I looked at those harbor freight workbenches you told me about, and they’re really nice. But my mindset right now is, “done is pretty.” It’s August. It’s time to be nervous.
Well, that's a scratch off my vacation list ...
𝗜𝗱𝗮𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵
Idaho charts a new path as trust in public health craters.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/idaho-has-become-the-wild-frontier-of-vaccination-policy-and-public-health/
Idaho: Wakanda for Plague Rats
Such a beautiful place fouled by such ugly people.
There seems to be a lot of that in this country, unfortunately.
whatta they mean has become? It's been like that for a bit hasn't it?
The only reason disease outbreaks haven't been worse is the population is very spread out? I don't know ... wouldn't a state losing its rural hospitals due to RFK Jr. ... oh, wait. Nevermind.
Nope :(
https://ishedeadyet.us/
OT...Coyotes off my deck in midtown Atlanta...tried to get a shot but too quick for me. In Midtown Atlanta?
I'm inside the "inner loop" in Dallas and it always surprises me the amount of wildlife we have in our neighborhood (including coyotes sited up and down neighborhood streets occasionally).
(Ominous music). They’re taking over!
I see coyotes skulking around here in Spokane too damned often. They clearly aren't too terribly afraid of US anymore.
They're one of the primary reasons we will only have INSIDE cats.
Good idea! All last winter, my neighborhood was plastered with missing cats and 'beware, coyotes' posters. Horrible.
Smart. I saw my neighbors clutching their small dogs to their breasts during morning walkies. Wonder if they ever got to poop.
I saw people in my condo community this am clutching their small dogs to their chests.
your local bird population thanks you XD
The last lady who owned house had several bird feeders and bird houses....and a cat door.
Course, benefit of the doubt, she might have been rescuing ferals and they just don't do the inside thing very well. But still, sorta felt like a set up for bird slaughter
Molly barked at them and they were completely indifferent. Barked from the deck of course.
Molly is about the same size.
They're everywhere, man. Just saw two on my very suburban SoCal street.
Were their calves the size of cantaloupes?
Duh, yes. I just know they were runnin' drugs.
Huh.. a Kraft might be an asshole?
𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐊𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝-𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡
𝑂𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑙𝑢𝑠ℎ, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑑-𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑈𝑆 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝐴𝑑𝑎𝑚 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑓, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐷𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝.
“𝐻𝑖 — 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝐴𝑑𝑎𝑚 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑓,” 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑, 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑙𝑜𝑏𝑒. “𝐽𝑜𝑠ℎ 𝐾𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒.”
𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 “𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜@𝑗𝑜𝑠ℎ𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛.𝑐𝑜𝑚‚” 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑜𝑠ℎ 𝐾𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛, 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑓’𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑡.
𝐴𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑓𝑓 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝐾𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/04/metro/josh-kraft-fundraising-adam-schiff/
This may be repeat news for some of you, since you all actually have lives and may not have seen my earlier post.
From my neck of the woods: and what the hell is the neck of the woods, anyway?
My first pension check from my recent retirement arrived yesterday. This gave me both clarity on how close my math was (pretty close) and a certain measure of relief. It’s a state pension in a state where the governor has lusted publicly about eliminating state pensions (pretty sure this does not include his).
Wanda is hanging in there, has lost a concerning amount of weight. She eats, with encouragement, so my job is to go in to her room more frequently and encourage her to eat. I’m keeping her separated from the other cats because I don’t think she needs the stress right now, so she’s on her own a lot. I’m gonna head in there in a few minutes and put some warm water and a tube treat on her food, and hang out with her.
I am considering, strongly, getting a kitten for Alice. She spent the first six months of her life basically with other cats. She lived in someone’s house in what was essentially a feral colony. I see her yearning for affection from the others, which is received indifferently on their part. So I figure this is on them. If they register a complaint, I will remind them that they have the option of not being assholes, which they declined. I reached out to the person who asked me to foster Alice last year, and she was very optimistic about the chances of finding an appropriate companion cat for Alice.
That is all. I got up and put the clothes in the dryer, but the timer doesn’t work on it— a good winter project, I think— so I have to be awake and present when I have clothes in the dryer, but I’m not gonna go to sleep anytime soon, so killing two stones with one bird. I’m gonna take a shower, and then go hang with Wanda for a bit. I might be back.
One theory: neck from neck of the woods comes from Algonquian ‘naiack’ for point or corner. There are other guesses.
Odd expression tho, yeah.
I kinda want two cats. I think one would probably get lonely. But dunno my place is really big enough.
Some cats are completely happy being the only cat. If you look on Petfinder, and dial in your locale, you can read descriptions of the various cats available. Highly likely that you will see some that are specified as one cat household cats.
Cats also can make very good use of vertical space, which greatly expands the options. Lots of advice out there from people who made it work, like this guy. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdZtimEotH8K3qMc_JA7SRtzN_yVi1bgm
That having been said, if you know it’s not the right time or place for you to take on the care of an animal, then you are doing the kindest thing by taking that road.
My mother came from a place in South Carolina called the Welsh Neck.
So you truly did come from a neck in the woods.
You need to find a cat like my Huckleberry. He was incredibly affectionate with other cats and loved snuggling anyone. He was a great cat!
that’s what I told her. Someone around Alice‘s age or younger, very affectionate, playful, but not overly aggressive. Huckleberry is a very fine name.
He was a wonderful and amazing cat. Truly a gift to the earth and all those who met him. A very, very, very fine cat.
Well, now I find myself wanting to know what he looked like.