Posts Tagged ‘Eloise’
January 3rd, 2011 [8 Comments]

Old acquaintance

by Angela

new-year-catMay it never be forgotten. And “auld lang syne” and all that good stuff.

While we’re at it, let’s take a cup of kindness, too.

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August 25th, 2010 [11 Comments]

The Weez’s big, baaaad win

by Angela

EloiseFunny how words can have elastic meanings.

Friend can mean “close, cherished, intimate acquaintance,” or “guy I accidentally bumped into on the way to study hall 47 years ago who just found me on Facebook.”

Bad once meant “bad” (as in, “you’re a bad chef, because your chicken stew tastes like vomit”), then it meant “awesome” (”I wanna be like them baaaad dudes”), then it meant “bad” again, and now it’s having a renaissance as “awesome.”

But perhaps the most elusive word in our lexicon is adoptable.

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July 7th, 2010 [6 Comments]

Sarah laughs

by Angela

SarahI was originally going to make this post’s name a play off the children’s story Sarah Plain and Tall.

But I’m afraid that won’t work here. That other Sarah may have lived up to that title, but there’s nothing plain about the Tabby’s Place Sarah. (Or tall, come to think of it.)

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March 31st, 2010 [5 Comments]

Triumph of the ‘Weez

by Angela

Eloise by DanielleWho knows what dreams may be had under the couch?

All I can say is that they must be sweet, because all those days spent under the couch and dreaming have led to some stellar waking hours for Eloise and Lady Grey.

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December 9th, 2009 [4 Comments]

Under the couch and dreaming

by Angela

Eloise under the couch...but not so dreamy in this pic.We presently have a litter of kittens named after members of the Dave Matthews Band, who would surely appreciate this post’s title - but it isn’t about them.

No, it’s about the way a terrified cat’s under-the-couch-time can be time well spent.

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November 4th, 2009 [2 Comments]

(Under the) couch time

by Angela

Eloise, under the couch and not dreaming.Maybe they need therapy. Then again, when you’re in (stereotypical) therapy, you - the human bean - are lying on a couch, right?

So maybe living under the couch is Eloise & Lady Grey’s way of telling us they think we need therapy?

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