In Memory Of: Witchipoo
06 Jul 2011 14 Comments
in Curio's Meows, Family & Friends, Pets, Animals & Plants Tags: Animals, birthday, cat, chickens, cows, death, farm animals, forever home, German Shepherd, goats, Gone Too Soon, H.R. Pufnstuf, kittens, Matrix, Murasake Khikibu, Pets, Randleman Sr. High School, Randolph County, spayed, The Tale of Genji, Tortoiseshell, veterinarian, Witchiepoo, Wolfgang
Far too young to die and yet she lost her life early on Friday morning, July 1, 2011. It was my decision to make and I did. Beloved friend, companion and cat. An awesome cat the vet told me. She really was.
“Ceaseless as the interminable voices of the bell-cricket, all night til dawn my tears flow.” ~Murasaki Shikibu (The Tale of Genji)
Freaky on Fridays: Freaking Over James Rollins
17 Jun 2011 12 Comments
in Aren't You Curious?, Curio's Meows, Freaky on Fridays Tags: author, bestselling, Books, celebrate, curious, Deep Fathom, devil may care, devilish, freak out, James Rollins, Kristen Lamb, movie, NY Times, ocean, party, Sigma Force, storytelling, The Devil Colony, Twitter, veterinarian, writer, YouTube
On Tuesday, June 21st 2011 James Rollins is releasing his seventh book in the Sigma series. A description from Amazon:
From New York Times bestselling author James Rollins comes a novel of boundless imagination and meticulous research, a book that dares to answer a frightening question at the heart of America: Could the founding of the United States be based on a fundamental lie? The shocking truth lies hidden within the ruins of an impossibility, a lost colony of the Americas vanished in time and cursed into oblivion. A place known only as The Devil Colony.
Deep in the Rocky Mountains, a gruesome discovery—hundreds of mummified bodies—stirs international attention and fervent controversy. Despite doubts about the bodies’ origins, the local Native American Heritage Commission lays claim to the prehistoric remains, along with the strange artifacts found in the same cavern: gold plates inscribed with an unfathomable script.
During a riot at the dig site, an anthropologist dies horribly, burned to ashes in a fiery explosion in plain view of television cameras. All evidence points to a radical group of Native Americans, including one agitator, a teenage firebrand who escapes with a vital clue to the murder and calls on the one person who might help—her uncle, Painter Crowe, Director of Sigma Force.
To protect his niece and uncover the truth, Painter will ignite a war among the nation’s most powerful intelligence agencies. Yet an even greater threat looms as events in the Rocky Mountains have set in motion a frightening chain reaction, a geological meltdown that threatens the entire western half of the U.S.
From the volcanic peaks of Iceland to the blistering deserts of the American Southwest, from the gold vaults of Fort Knox to the bubbling geysers of Yellowstone, Painter Crowe joins forces with Commander Gray Pierce to penetrate the shadowy heart of a dark cabal, one that has been manipulating American history since the founding of the thirteen colonies.
But can Painter discover the truth—one that could topple governments—before it destroys all he holds dear?
Katara Update
30 Apr 2011 8 Comments
in Curio's Meows, Family & Friends, Missouri Trip, Pets, Animals & Plants Tags: animal, cat, Catahoulla, dog, forever home, friends, Missouri, pet, potty trained, rescue, Siberian Husky, spayed, trip, veterinarian, writer
It’s been over six months since Paul and I went on the epic trip to Missouri to deliver Katara to her forever home with Marti V. We left around midnight on Wednesday and made it to Kansas City, Missouri around 10:30pm on Thursday night. In just under twenty-four hours we drove over 1,000 miles. Read more about Katara here, here and here.
One of Marti’s first emails to me after we got home was how much joy and laughter Katara had already brought into her life. She said their walks together were already giving her energy.
