AWWW

AWWW. Deirdre just told me that Seirid keeps asking, almost daily, if some random woman who looks vaguely like me is Auntie Catie. I better go visit soon. AWWWW.

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Well, Mr. Z is at the vet’s, where his poor lil’ foof is going to be X-rayed, because it was too tender to be able to tell whether there was something broken through touch. He was very mellow about being at the vet’s, and very cranky *indeed* when she started examining his shoulder and leg on her way down to his foot. She said, “He knows I’m heading for the part that hurts,” and it certainly seemed like it. I’m to call this evening between 5 and 6 to see…

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more just life

Yesterday it struck me that the Strongbox Chronicles might make a good quick read. I think that’s the first time I’ve ever actually had a genuine impulse to read one of my own books. I haven’t yet done so, but maybe I will in the next few days. It sounds like just the right speed. Killarney photos are up. There might be more later when Ted’s gone through his, but for now, there are mine. Plus what’s getting posted on kitsnaps ( if you want the syndicated feed). I managed…

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*stress*

Zilli, the darling idiot, jumped or fell out of the second floor (first floor for you weird Europeans) window all the way to the ground, and has badly sprained, bruised or broken his right front paw. It’s all swollen up and he’s favoring it, and when we tried to look at it he yowled. He appears to be otherwise fine; when it became clear he was favoring that leg we both held him and very carefully checked his whole shoulder and leg with gentle squeezes to see if he protested,…

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just life

My big accomplishment for the day has been cleaning the kitty litter. All right, that’s not entirely true. I wrote most of a new chapter and am working on another one. I’m at about 72.5K and would like to reach 75K on the book this evening. Donno if it’ll happen, but at least I’m still writing. says Famous Writers get to have personal assistants, not wives. I don’t think I’m that famous, but just in case, anyone wishing to apply for a position as my personal assistant may email their…

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