• Get Your Claws Out of My Head!

    A couple of days ago, Jorjanne found something on our cat’s head.  She tried to get it off, but couldn’t. We decided that it must be dead skin.  A few days later, Jeff pulled the mysterious “thing” out to discover that another cat’s claw had been embedded in Darth Vader’s head.  Ouch!  A constant reminder of his last fight. As I’ve thought about the cat’s…

  • Rambling through the Snow

    OK, so today is one of those days that I am reminded that I grew up in the south.  I went to class this morning in Virginia and there was less than an inch of snow on the ground.  At noon, classes were cancelled for the rest of the day, and so I faced the blizzard-like conditions on my way to the car.  Snow was…