• Content Dot

    Tuxedo cat asleep on a knit blanket draped on her person's legs. Her other person's feet are next to her. They are wearing handknit socks.

    It’s still amazing to me how much Dot has grown and adapted to life as a solo cat over the past few months. She loves evening lap time with a hand-knit blanket (in progress) and E next to us. We miss Shadow, we always will. Grief is complex. I still think that this ball and… Read more …

  • Thursdays

    tuxedo cat asleep on a crochet blanket

    While I’ve yet to get the hang of Thursdays, Dot has them figured out. She spent a nice chunk of this afternoon curled up on my lap. Read more …

  • Good nap

    Dot now loves to nap on my lap as long as there’s a handmade blanket on my lap. She will cry and guide me to a couch until I sit down and add one. We negotiate timing and if she needs to share with a laptop. I often wonder what she’s dreaming. Read more …

  • waiting for a lap

    tuxedo cat on couch

    When I’m late for our blanket and lap time, Dot tries to entice me. Read more …

  • Thoughts on my February 2022 Reading

    piles of books

    I struggle with late winter. It was nice to find moments and curl up with Dot on a couch with a blanket and a book. With this regular practice, I managed to finish reading fifteen books last month; they had an average page count of 323 pages, and were published between 1970 and 2022. Read more …