My collection of “cat stuff” includes new and vintage valentines. This die cut valentine is from the 1960s. It folds and stands up. The back shows Gladys gave the valentine to Mary Ellen. It may have been given at a school valentine party. Remember those! This week I passed out valentines to health care workers …
Category: Holidays
Jan 05
Happy New Year
A Mewsical Party A word art display advises me to Laugh More and Stress Less. This Tuck postcard featuring amorphized cats makes me laugh. Stress exacerbates Parkinson’s. Anything I can do to minimize or eliminate stress helps me live my best life now. Raphael Tuck & Sons used to be the world’s largest postcard publisher. …
Feb 14
Happy Valentine’s Day
One of my favorite hobbies is photographing my cats Chauncey, Grace, and Maggie Mae. I also like to go on photo shoots with their siblings when I visit my brother in the country. The tuxedo cat Boots understands when I say “let’s go on a photo shoot.” He prances, climbs, struts, and sits. He loves …
May 25
Grandma’s Teachings: Honor Loved Ones on Decoration Day
I am a part of all that I have touched and that has touched me. ~Thomas Wolfe My most precious memory of my grandma, Charlotta Estella Seyb Mohr, is spending countless hours by her side at an impressive round oak pedestal table with animal claw feet. I adored her and enjoyed spending time at her …