A Good Cup of Tea....

   Stephen King is my favorite author.  My favorite book of his is ‘ The Stand’   which is pretty ironic  because  COVID-19  made me think we would all be living this book in real time. King’s characters are drawn in such detail and from so many different angles   that I always feel I know them and relate to some so strongly  it is  as if they become my friends ,  and I miss them when the book is done.   I have often wondered what happened to them and hoped for a sequel. I would like to go home to New England with Frannie and Stu and Kojack.   I want to know what that looks like through his eyes.  So, Mr. King, if you  write it, I will come.   I hope you do. I’m sure I’m not alone.   I grew up  in New England, first the Boston area, and then in New Hampshire where our little town bordered Maine.  A lot of King’s books are set in Maine and some do some wandering  over the border to  N...

  I will not try to choose my best day ever.    We all have so many days that qualify for THE day.    At least I hope we all do. Instead, I want to talk about creating the best day you can have today. Every day has its challenges and its high points.   I have 17 cats in my house right now - and a dog.    Yes it is a lot.    For those of you who aren’t cat fans, it seems like way too many and it probably is but I  am not a hoarder or a breeder and I am not a fan of either.   I  am a foster for a local rescue and we ‘specialize’ in bottle babies without their Mom.    It started 11 years ago when we took in kittens that needed a place to go.  There were only 3.    One of them was neutered and started having mobility issues.    We kept him.  He’s 11 now, and we had 3 cats at the time. The others have passed on. Then we got 4 bottle babies and wanted to keep two but friends who ...