Random Thoughts

I'm feeling very out-of-focus this week. Maybe because:

I had to say goodbye to another cat Monday morning. Smudge had cancer that had metastasized. She was our mighty huntress, bringing in gifts she'd caught on the deck … moths, cicadas, praying mantes and the occasional bat.

(Lousy picture, I know. I lost a lot of photos when my hard drive crashed a few years ago.)

Smudge's sister, Belette, is in the hospital. We had to take her in the same night I said goodbye to Smudge. We...