Introducing Cohete
His name is really Rocket Cohete is a family pet who lives in Houston and this is his story. In early 2025 he was adopted from the Texas countryside where he had been living wild and alone. His intuition led him to find his hero, Yvonne. He took shelter at her home and she […]
The lesson of family from a boy in Bucerías, Mexico
From the Cat’s Memoir
Why Travel?
A funny thing happened on the way to Egypt
We love to travel and it was not until our later years that we were able to travel beyond North America. Living in the northeast and later in the southwest, we easily visited Montreal, Canada, and the cities of Tijuana and Ensenada in Mexico, and the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean – that is […]
Mascot – a good luck charm?
Although I no longer have a pet of my own, I am fascinated and charmed by the pets of my family and friends and found myself thinking of them and their lives – en espanol. The Spanish word for pet is mascota and in English, a mascot is, according to Merriam-Webster, “any human, animal, […]
Friends Along for the Ride
Monet’s Garden, Giverny,
How did we end up on this ride?
Revisiting the Bird’s Seat
This was my very first post, The Bird’s Seat. That’s it – just a photo of a bird perched on a wooden ball. At the time the idea of a blog where I could post my writing appealed to me but the challenge was to figure out how to start. Knowing how easy it would […]
A Case of Mistaken Identity
Today as I sipped my morning coffee I looked out the window and saw a cat on the curb across the street – it was not moving, it was unresponsive despite traffic, rain, and dogs on leashes passing by. It was dead. From my point of view I had to know if it was The […]