I looked out of the picture in my den and I called out to Top Cat, “Come see this! The mortal enemies have called a truce!”

Usually, these two cats can’t stand the sight of each other. For two years they have been skirmishing out in the backyard, squabblingover who’s going to be head honcho, call the [...]

I go a little out of my way on my drive home from work each day, just so I can mosey down Park Avenue in Williston Park.

All the houses in this area are all the same basic model:

Or are a mirror-image of the same basic model:

But each one is individualized so that, at first, I [...]

Some of us think Summer is the time to slack off.

Not me. Nope. I sat down last week and made a To Do list for Summer 2011. Which is not as grubbily time-management-obsessed as it sounds.

I made a list of the things I want to remember to do this Summer, as I tend to get [...]

One thing I liked about Seattle is that it shares my feelings about the magnitude of a good cup of tea (left) in relation to a cup of coffee (right). Here’s what  tea-drinking heaven looks like:

And you never know, in Seattle, where the perfect gustatory experience will reveal itself. Top Cat and I walked all over our University [...]

It was Errand Day and I was walking to my  neighborhood bank. At the time that I was heading to the front door of the Commerce Bank, a mother and her teenage daughter were on their way out.

The daughter was scowling at what looked like a deposit (maybe a withdrawal) slip or receipt. The girl [...]