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No appetite for change

No appetite for change

I have many sets of eyes following me around the house. No, I am not a person who has gone crazy in a portrait gallery. I am a person who has changed her cats’ food. Oh yes, I have achieved villainess status. It started so harmlessly.
The lazy vegan

The lazy vegan

Becoming a vegan was the easiest change I’ve ever made in my life. A vegan (pronounced vee-gan) is one who does not consume mammals or their milk, birds or their eggs, and fish or their derivatives.
Tripping the Light Fantastic at the Rainbow Shelter

Tripping the Light Fantastic at the Rainbow Shelter

Eau de tomcat urine – that was my perfume by 5 p.m. Aug. 16. More on that later. As Tullamore Dew is to a dedicated Irish whisky drinker, so are shelter kitties to a crazy cat lady.

Sunshine and kitty cats report from the Rainbow Shelter – The Sequel

My second shift as a volunteer and the Rainbow District Animal Shelter was another awesome day. See the wonderful selection of kittens and cats at http://gsshelter.ca/meetcats.html. Check out Lilac Lougheed — an amazing torti found at Lougheeds.
A Sunday Afternoon at the Shelter

A Sunday Afternoon at the Shelter

This summer I am volunteering at the Rainbow District Animal Shelter on Sunday and Wednesday afternoons.
Adventures with Kim-Chi (fermented, spicy, pickled cabbage)

Adventures with Kim-Chi (fermented, spicy, pickled cabbage)

Stage One: First of all, the shopping for ingredients. They include (but are not limited to): -2 large nappa or Chinese cabbages -Korean red pepper powder -Asian fish sauce -Daikon radish Challenge No.
Clambake

Clambake

A year ago, if anyone had predicted I’d be happy as a clam in 100 degree Fahrenheit heat (mind you, a baked clam,) I would have told them they were not likely to make it as a fortune-teller.
Who saved whom, at Small Things?

Who saved whom, at Small Things?

Small Things didn’t start out as a kitty shop. Initially it was an Arts, Books, Crafts & Delights shop – that happened to have a resident cat – Kumquat. (Our phone number – 586-7828 – spells “kumquat.
Oui, Wii

Oui, Wii

I am told I need to have a bucket list – of list of things I want to do before I die. But, more importantly, I need to actually do these things, or what is the point? What is my list? Here is my current one, in no order of importance. 1.

Jan’s World: Clickety clack

Clickety clack. Clickety clack. Nope, it’s not Laurence and I line-dancing to Southbound Train by Travis Tritt down at our Arizona trailer park. It’s something almost weirder – me with cleats. Ice cleats to be exact.