Archive for Category: "Catching Up"

Journal Entry: Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009

I am sitting here in Panera Café in West Chester, PA, a new location from my usual haunt in Springfield, PA.  The Springfield location recently had a few run-ins with crime; people stealing wallets and laptops.  I thought I might find a new location to sit, have some soup and good bread, and catch up

The Small Town I Used to Call Home

The Small Town I Used to Call Home

What makes a small town what it is? There are always so many interesting people floating around, doing their small town thing. There are usually small town stores with hand written signs on the door, saying things like “out to lunch- be back at 1″ or “closed- have the flu.” Maybe it is the “center

He wasn’t ready.

He wasn’t ready.

Once again I am sitting here, in a café, pressing on the keys of my laptop in total disbelief that I am again writing in my magazine’s opening article about one of my pets. This time it is Petro. I am very sad to report that my lovely and courageous Petro, my almost 16 year

My Little Isaac

My Little Isaac

Hello everyone. It has been a very trying year for me concerning my pets. The New Year had not even begun and on the Friday before New Year’s Day my youngest cat Isaac (8 years old) developed a rapid breathing pattern. I had to bring him for emergency care and, even after a blood and

My Main Man, Petro.

My Main Man, Petro.

A normal Saturday these days usually entails waking up, “putting in my eyes” as I call it, otherwise known as putting my contacts in, and making my way to the kitchen to put on a pot of decaffeinated, organic, fair-trade coffee in my percolator. Just the smell of the coffee perking in the percolator wakes

The Yin and Yang of it All

It’s about that time of year again, when we all have those proverbial ants in our pants for Spring! The weather is trying its hardest to warm us up, but the nights remind us that Spring is not yet here. The days are longer and the sun shines a little bit brighter, yet we still