Warning: Lots of Cats

Last summer was full of gardening and renovating and Going on Trips and Getting Things Done. This past summer has been about chilling, sleeping in, and playing videogames, with only the occasional break in routine to go to Nevada or build a garden box.

Instead of being actually productive in making my home and garden the way I want them, the actual changes going on have all been cat related.

In April, my brother, who moves around so much that he has all his mail delivered to our house for stability's sake, moved into a room at a house where the homeowner had a feral cat problem. There was a colony growing in the neighborhood, and…

Yachats, Oregon, is a town on the Oregon Coast, located in Lincoln County. As of 2020, the population was around 800 people, although since Yachats has a large population of tourists and temporary residents, it is much larger than that might suggest.

Before European contact, the area was inhabited by different indigenous peoples, although from my research, it seems that the exact inhabitants were unclear. Oregon Geographic Names, usually a reliable source,…

Tonight I walked down the steps

past the railing

past the fountain

past the garden

and by a tree near the end of the yard

I walked into a spider’s web

I batted the web away from my face

away from my hair

and in a window across the street 

a curtain parted

I must have looked like a crazy thing  

batting and…