Category Archives: People
Hungry Lippe!
Lippe joined us for breakfast, today. We went to my family’s favorite brunch place, The Flour City Diner. In its early days, Rochester was known as the Flour City, because of the large number of flour mills along the banks … Continue reading
Lippe feeds the birds
Lippe accompanied Midnight on her morning patrol, and noticed that the bird feeders were all empty. Lippe bundled up in his warm hoodie, and helped me collect all the feeders. … Continue reading
Lippe visits the art museum
Today, Lippe and Andy and I visited the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. We saw many beautiful works of art, including the Extreme Materials exhibit (although I couldn’t take any … Continue reading
Lippe joins the choir!
Lippe came with me to choir rehearsal tonight. He’s been looking forward to it for days. He missed his chance to sing in the Boar’s Head Festival, and was so eager that he couldn’t wait until I finished dinner … Continue reading
Lippe goes shopping
Lippe has recovered from his sniffles, and felt well enough to help with the weekly shopping. Our first stop was the pet store, to stock up on litter and treats. Then we went grocery shopping. The Wegmans store … Continue reading
Lippe catches a cold
Today, we wanted to take Lippe to the art gallery, so the three of us got in the car. Lippe offered to drive, but his feet didn’t reach the pedals, so he had to be content riding in my purse. … Continue reading
Lippe is here!
Lippe arrived late this afternoon. Who is Lippe? It’s a long story. Several years ago, when I became aware of Twitter, I was eager to learn more. Wary of making a fool of myself under my personal or business name, … Continue reading
Rest
Yesterday was a lazy day. We both needed a lazy day. We find it very hard to rest at home, with everything in the place whispering “deadline coming,” “clean me,” “fix me,” “organize me.” So, Wednesday noon, we drove to Cleveland. … Continue reading
Meltdown
Yesterday, we had a feline meltdown of epic proportions. No blood, but plenty of growls and hisses, and a chorus of increasingly intense yowls in three-part harmony. The issue, as usual, was the desire of the catlets to play, and … Continue reading
The gift of friendship
As some of you know, Andy and I have been church soloists for about 30 years. This means we can’t travel on major holidays, because we have to work. For the last decade, one particular set of friends has included … Continue reading