I’m all smiles today. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare, let’s get a few facts straight here on how much better off the American public is since Obamacare prevailed over dissenting conservatives and Republicans: A larger proportion of working-age Americans have health insurance than at any time since record-keeping...
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I do not wish to grace the horrendous actions of terrorists on the Tunesian beach and at the American-owned chemical plant outside of Lyon. These people are less than animals because animals would never do such acts as these deranged human beings. It is very difficult to us the words “human beings” for these montrosities. Many French vacation...
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Well, you’ve seen this, but it’s the best I have for this day! GREAT NEWS!!! I just have to ask a few question today that perhaps many, especially those in the Republican party and its candidates for 2016, do not think to ask themselves. When will those opposed to rights for gay human beings realize that being gay is genetic. That humans are...
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Oh, boy, now I know what those little transparent wings are that appeared on MY sofa in the living room and became more prevalent as the summer heated up. Today a really nice man came and said, Oh, it’s the season for these little insects and we’ll have to put something around the corners of each room so that they are…er…dissuaded from munching...
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Wikipedia: War Between The States Yes or no on the presence of Confederate flags in public places and government? This kitty is thinking hard about this one. Well, surely not in government nor in school classrooms or anywhere that the flag will offend. And yet, is there any place it will not offend, given what it stands for? But to remove all symbols of...
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Breadsticks of cinnamon and honey and millefeuille breakfast pastries Well, today mama brought home all sorts of good things from Roscioli, one of the best bakeries in Rome, and since I love bread and cannot live without a little with my food, I’m doing a Rome day full of things that happen on the way to the bakery. Fresh pizza a taglio (to cut in...
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Israel Abel Torres and family Our amazing president has allowed people who were accused of a crime and incarcerated from 10 years to life imprisonment for selling or dealing in miniscule amounts of crack cocaine, for example, to appeal for a pardon and get out of prison for good. Without this pardon, these people could die in prison. A wonderful story is...
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That’s me, kickin’ Well, I read this article today in the NYT about what anthros think and do that makes their life, for want of a better word, worthwhile, and this started me ruminating. What indeed? There are so many volunteer groups and protest groups and organizations for stopping drugs and abuse to children and women and the elderly and...
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Mama says I ought to write more about my inner kitty and how I feel about the world and be more revealing of my hidden emotions and attitudes about the world we live in (is there any other, mama?) and that just writing about books and movies and issues may get boring to my readers, but it’s not every day that one can bare one’s kitty heart to...
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That’s a finger, in case you are wondering. Remember that fairy tale? Well, that was just a little pun on my part, that Tail of Tails. Actually the movie is Tale of Tales and papa took mama to it and she actually said this to papa, Well, I’m making a list of all the things you have to do to make up for this movie, and then guess what? SHE...
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Tears and more tears for Charleston’s victims of white hatred, the hatred of one Dylann Roof. I don’t even want to grace his name by writing it, but remember it. Remember it always. What has our country come to that nine innocent praying individuals can be murdered in an historic church where so many prayed for segregation to end, for hatred...
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Costume by Matisse for Le Chant de Rossingnol. Mama would like to have seen this in Matisse colors. Well, mama and papa went to see a show of Mr. Matisse’s works and on the first floor of the exhibit, everything was glorious, they said, and Matisse, in the explanations on the wall about his life, chatted interestingly about how he makes color work...
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So are you saying that MY family is wacko? Mama has been discussing with me her propensity for reading books about dysfunctional families—Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight, Leaving Before the Rains Come, most of Pat Conroy’s books, and so many more that deal with real loo-loos (no pun intended). Some of whom would make your fur curl,...
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Well, home is where the heart is, they say, but for me, home is where the kibble is. Not that hearts don’t count. There are two around here that make me very, very happy, and I’m pretty sure that my little heart beating away makes THEM happy, but it’s nice to be OUT of that car!!! Isn’t it funny, mama says, that you can get all...
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La Chiusetta, quiet and green Civita di Bagnoregio attached to another town by a walkway and full of kitties! Hills and dales – whatever they are! But we sure went up and down them to get to this La Chiusetta farm where we spent two nights with papa’s son and family and grandkids—the little angels, haha. Actually, they were really angelic and...
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La Chiusetta near Orvieto Several years ago, many farm-owners in Italy (and other places) turned their houses into bed and breakfast places, agriturismi, for guests and now we’re off to explore one. Most serve dinner, too, or lunch, along with breakfast (included in the price). Oh, boy, they’re about to whiz me off to one of these farms called...
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Now I know that isn’t a literal thing—that people who like to read are not actually worms as in the garden variety, but I guess when someone is really getting into a book, it feels as if he/she is ‘worming’ one’s way into the plot, characters, and prose and hence the name. I read over mama’s shoulder all the time, especially...
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The blue mosque–Turkey Celebrating the upset Papa read me this morning’s news about the young Kurdish group in Turkey that got 13% of the votes recently and who are reformists, promising women their rights, among other changes in Turkey’s politics. Whether this new party will have clout remains to be seen, but there might be a coalition...
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I begged mama for my string, but I paid her back by giving her a bath. Well, you know those people who beg on the streets everywhere? I should say “have to” beg but sometimes they really don’t have to and are part of a syndicate (at least here in Italy) that MAKES them beg on the streets and give everything to the head honchos. A lot of...
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HOT, HOT, HOT. About 90 degrees out there and boy, I am not one for trekking around in Sahara weather. Even moving from breakfast to nap and from nap to dinner wears me out! All the tourists out there are dragging around with crumpled hats and minimal interest in anything because of the heat. Even the tour leader’s umbrella is sagging. Gelato shops...
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