Front page Vallejo Times Herald article today mentioned the five souls I lost in the fire and the pet grieving events I was already actively trying to facilitate with Kathryn D. Marocchino and Carlene Coury. Hopefully this will trigger more donations in their memory in the link listed at the bottom of the article. I do like knowing that their memory will help other cats and dogs find homes and have better lives.
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Snoopy February 2024
More Melancholy Selfies
Minimalism Revisited
On a lighter note, this sweater is my design/creation. As an Ab-Fab fan, I’ve always wanted to create a shirt that said this, as my derivative work from one of my favorite episodes. I was also inspired by the very large guy who had a shirt that said, “I survived anorexia.” While my very decorated home does not currently exist, I will once again someday have a home that was complimented at one point as looking like “a thrift store that threw up.” 🙂
The Loss of Five Pets at Once
Apparently I’m not the only one in the world to be out of the home and lose FIVE animals to a fire, as unfathomable as the thought is to have lived through. I’ve started reading this book recommended by pet grieving expert Kathryn of the Nikki Hospice Foundation who happens to be a lovely neighbor I adore and who even speaks Italian with me. Some of you know that I was working with Carlene and Kathryn and others about the periodic pet grieving gatherings that we could facilitate, particularly in association with the Humane Society of the North Bay, but I never dreamed I would soon be the “poster child” for such things.
Snoopy Sunning at Rental
Here is Snoopy on my garden furniture brought to the rental during a spot of sun we had today. I had to make room for the cleanup and renovation crews at the damaged house a few minutes away. Today makes a month since the fire and I’m counting the days until I can go home.
Through the Fog
Despite the heavy fog this morning and the overcast that lingered most of the day, our second row today yielded some actual sun, so it was really worth pulling out the camera.
Glen Cove Community Board in Memory of Dennis Albright
I don’t have any pictures or video from my speech at his memorial in Fairfield, but it was a great loss and too soon for this great activist to leave us. I’m glad we were able to make appropriate use of this new community board to commemorate him in his neighborhood.
Wellfleet Visit and More Damaged Items
Seahorse Backyard
This is my life…for now.