Author Archives: fitz

The felines, they are still hissing, spitting and yowling at one another. It’s been five months. I’ve tried everything I, the Internet and my vet can think of. Except for one thing. Barring blood, it’s time let them fight it … Continue reading →

With my kitchen 90 percent done, I’ve been thinking about putting my house on the market again come spring (which gives me a few months to complete the 10 percent). So I’ve been looking online (and visiting a few open … Continue reading →

Songs for a cool, rainy weekend evening of sitting in front of the computer, with hot cider and bourbon in one hand, a mouse in the other. Ani DiFranco – “32 Flavors” The Decemberists – “Rise to Me” Xavier Rudd … Continue reading →

I have Hamlet on the brain: “Words, words, words” and “I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw,” both from 2.2. (To be fair, “handsaw” is likely a corruption of a … Continue reading →

JJ finally remembered that a) he is a cat and b) cats can jump. My ersatz gate is no longer working…nor would, I fear, any gate of a bearable size. So now he’s in the doghousecrate. Tomorrow, he’s off for … Continue reading →

I can’t believe I’ve not yet tripped over my cat contraption and broken my neck. Or at least dropped and broken my iPad (again). I should have built a proper gate – something with hinges that allows for easy one-handed … Continue reading →

Sorry for the salacious title – it’s the name of a Paul Thorn song I quite like…which is now stuck in my head (could be worse; could be “Tom’s Diner”). I’m looking for a few pictures of Fred West that … Continue reading →

I got off a plane recently and my ride didn’t recognize me (though we’ve met a great number of times over the last decade). The sandwich shop in my neighborhood used to start writing down my standing order when I … Continue reading →