We Pause Now For Blatant Self-Promotion

Friend and fellow toastmaster Jean Bailey Robor invited me on her blog-talk radio program, Celebrate Life! as a guest this past Monday. We had a lovely 15-minute chat where Jean asked me about being a writer, what motivates me, and details about the upcoming release of Who Moved My Mouse? Many thanks to Jean for a lovely interview and for allowing me to work off some off that blatant self-promotion that builds up in every author. (You either have to go on a talk show or run laps to work it off.) The interview is 15 minutes and Jean has exciting guests each week. Be sure and check out her show!

How to Evaluate Fine Art

A couple of months ago when I visited my cousin in Ohio, I came home with cat art--one drawing done in three different colors. I thought the three pictures would look cute in my workspace but turns out there is a thing as too much cat stuff in any one room. Who knew? The upshot being the pictures needed to find a new home. 

Naturally, we left them sitting in our in-box, hoping they would miraculously hang themselves. When that didn't work out for us, I took charge this past Sunday and decreed it "Find A Home for the Cat Pictures Day." 

We walked all over the house, holding the pictures up to various walls and getting progressively more angry at one another as we continued to reject each other's wall choices. Finally, we found ourselves in the rear hallway, me holding up the pictures against the wall over where we keep the litter box. The litter box (and wall) in turn are directly across the hall from our guest bathroom. So as Bath on right, wall on left with picture frame just barely visibleyou exit the bathroom, you are directly facing the wall. 

"See? It's kind of funny," I said. "Cat pictures... litter box..." 

"I'm not sure," said Blair. He walked into the bathroom and stood in the doorway, his back to me. "Okay, I'm in here, I've finished peeing, I'm coming out--" He spun around and stared at the pictures. 

"You are a freak," I said, laughing. Then I thought about it. "Here, you hold these up and let me try it." 

So we took turns pretending to exit the bath, deciding whether orWall of fine art not we wanted to see balancing cats upon exiting. We decided yes, we do. The cat pictures now hang there, happy in their new home. 

If any of you need help evaluating your fine art and where to hang it, Blair and I are available for consultation.

Cheers!

Happy News! Special Needs Kitty Found A Home

In case you're searching around your desk this Wednesday afternoon for some good news, let me toss some in your lap. Thumper, the special needs kitty from yesterday's post, found a home! My friend Rudy submitted pictures of Thumper to a local new station and a woman from Elkin who fosters cats saw his picture and called the Cat Clinic. It was kind of a meant-to-be moment as the woman stated she rarely stays up to watch the 11 o'clock news, but on this night she did and when Thumper's little face and story went up, she knew she could care for him. She has an outdoor cat enclosure with access to a finished basement for her cats. Thumper goes to his new home on Friday.

Yea WXII! Yea nice woman who is adopting Thumper! Yea Cat Clinic of Greensboro for believing in this little cat! Yea Wednesdays!

Good stuff happening out there, people. Good stuff. 

Special Needs Kitty Needs A Home

Meet Thumper. I know. How cute is he?

Thumper needs your help. He is a special needs kitty, which makes finding him a forever home a bit of a challenge. Thumper is a 4-month old male, neutered, who has either trauma or congenital issues where he has to walk on the back of his back legs (versus upright on his back feet). He gets around great but the damage has left him incontinent. Right now he's walking around The Cat Clinic of Greensboro swaddled in diapers (which is about the cutest thing I've seen in a long time). 

The people who found Thumper have paid for his care thus far, but they authorized euthanasia because they do not want to see him suffer.  He's not suffering right now. He is a normal kitten in every other way. Loves to play, bat at things, and revs his big 'ol purring motor up the moment you touch him.

Right now he's in diapers, although he's too small for the the xxs to fit just right so they tend to slide off while he's playing. But he's very adaptable and hasn't tried to rip them off. The diapers work but aren't completely leak-proof. He does better on tile floors than carpet, which tends to leave sores on the back of his hindlegs. Thumper may make a good outdoor cat, so long as he's kept close to a house.

Thumper is VERY sweet. My friend Rudy works at the Cat Clinic and she reports that Thumper comes up and taps her on the leg when he wants food or hugs. 

If you know of anyone willing to discuss taking on a special needs kitty, please have them contact the Cat Clinic of Greensboro. Thumper is full of life and is a great little cat. He just needs some special attention. 

Don't we all?