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Haiku by Cat: Conjurer

Today’ haiku is by Calvin. Sometimes you can tell by the look in their eyes. A certain glint. A flash of inspiration. Or maybe it’s the way they hold themselves, tightly wound like they’re about to...

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Story: Dogs and cats living together

Dogs and cats living together While my dogs and cats don’t have the snuggle-up-with-each other, lion-lies-down-with-a-lamb kind of relationships, they get along pretty well with members of the other...

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In the presence of cat celebrity

At first it was just whispers overheard in the halls; “He’s here.” Then I heard he was accepting visitors at a designated time and place–a closely guarded secret held among those already in the know. A...

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Fall snow / snowfall

My dogs love running through leaves. My dogs love playing in the snow. My dogs just about imploded the day they could do both at the same time. Here in New Jersey, Mother Nature usually sticks to her...

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Calvin discovers the music of Carole King

My laptop is a faithful companion. I pour my words into it. I ask it to care for my photos. I use it to create, to share, to connect. I depend on it. So when my 7-year-old computer started to fail, I...

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Pussycat pussycat, where have you been?

Perhaps you’ve heard the old nursery rhyme: Pussycat pussycat, where have you been? I’ve been up to London to visit the Queen. Pussycat pussycat, what did you there? I frightened a little mouse under...

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Ball is Lost: Tucker the Dog Faces His Worst Nightmare

Last week, the unthinkable happened. The unimaginable. The unbelieveable. It was a travesty. A tragedy. It was the Worst Thing That Could Happen. And it was all my fault. I was playing ball with Tucker...

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Rules of Dog: The Other Dog Always Has the Best Stick

My dogs love playing in the snow, but  it’s uneven surface makes it challenging for Lilah, Jasper and Tucker to run at full speed; they can never tell when they’ll hit a hard frozen spot, a soft...

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How Do I Love Thee, Ball? A Dog Sonnet for #NationalPoetryMonth

Tucker and his beloved. April is National Poetry Month, and of course the haiku-writing animals of Life with Dogs and Cats are celebrating. Tucker thought he’d expand his capabilities and try his...

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Dog Cave: Finding Safety and Security Under the Desk

My office is set up to help me be creative and productive. Phone, laptop and monitor on the desk. Within easy reach are a color printer and a shelf full of references: books on grammar and style, as...

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Dogs Playing Pool

Teaching my dogs to enjoy — or at least tolerate — the water In the dewy morning, our Jasper will stand on the deck looking down at the grass. It presents a great puzzlement: how to go potty without...

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18 reasons cats love boxes

Why do cats love boxes? If you’ve never lived with cats, you may not have encountered this phenomena, but it is a universal truth. If you place a box of nearly any size on nearly any surface, at some...

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