“Nae-naeing”?

November fourth; not just my nephews’ birthday, celebrated on a beautiful crisp fall Saturday, or the day I named my boxer Sadie, but Sadie Hawkins Day. I’m surprised the day is considered a holiday but named after the fictional character named Sadie Hawkins, whom cartoonist Al Capp created in his famous comic strip “Li’l Abner.”Continue reading ““Nae-naeing”?”

They Call Me … Stormy Weather

They call me Stormy Weather … (Quite rightly! *Imagined mellow yellow tune but more “soft” drink-ish from the era of the tail-end late eighties, *) Me mum named me after a famous song, an unforgettable “voice” and time, jazz music, a sappy heartbreak, oh and the bright blue sky that day, over-filled with dark greyContinue reading “They Call Me … Stormy Weather”

Sofie Loren’s Valentine

I meow meow’d onto the scene officially Valentine’s Day, circa 2003. Originally, lived with a couple in a two-bedroom apartment in Rancho Cordova, California, called Bishop’s Court. The glory, royal, courtly days and a meows paradise. That’s where it all began and a long line of us were born; the grays that being and wayContinue reading “Sofie Loren’s Valentine”