by Kevin Burton With the (relatively) new year and our new household additions, the Burtons are taking quarantine competition to the next level. It’s the next level down, but hey, it is the next level. Welcome to the Quarantine Olympics. Last year it was mostly Yahtzee that helped us pass the time. …
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My Cat Can’t Save Time In A Bottle
by Kevin Burton I have a correction today. Got one of my facts wrong. The older of the two cats we got in December is 13, not 11 as I previously reported. Page 7 regrets the error. So does Gabbie for that matter. The confusion came because the lady at the cat …
“Gabbie Face” Is Not A Good Look
by Kevin Burton God showed me a picture of myself Friday. It was unflattering, but hilarious. We were taking our new cats to the vet for a checkup. Jeannette had just bought them carrying cases for the occasion. The cases are mesh-like, affording the ability to see in, or see out, depending …
New Kitties Alter Household Routine
by Kevin Burton Does anyone make “kitty on board’ stickers the way they make ones for “baby on board? If so, I might need one as a reminder. Our house had been cat-less for two years before we adopted 11-year-old Gabbie and 6-year-old Ronnie last month from Save the Kitties, a cat rescue …
Christmas Shopping In January! You Bet!
by Kevin Burton Did a little Christmas shopping today me and the wife. We were in the moment. The moment had been delayed at least three weeks, but it was still a moment. Let’s call it a moment out of place. We didn’t get 100 percent of the things done that we …
Ronnie’s Bold Risk/Reward Gambit
by Kevin Burton Out younger cat Ronnie has a strategy for obtaining food that will not serve her well in the Burton household. Even though we just got our two new cats and are still getting to know them, certain things are obvious from their behavior. Already we know these cats are no …
Christmas Joy, Late Cards, Lost And Found
by Kevin Burton You won’t find any turkey or dressing below, but I do have here a sampling of Christmas leftovers. These are the fragments you can stitch together for a true accounting of the most wonderful time of the year, Burton style. Here is what it looked like: It isn’t really …
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It’s A Wonderful Counting Device Thing
by Kevin Burton My wife asks me every year what I want for Christmas and every year I can’t think of anything. You would think she had asked me to cut the grass. I just groan. And the thing is, I always think of things too late. It’s like those clever remarks …
The Burtons Make Room For Two
by Kevin Burton Four mouths to feed on a Sunday morning. Four heartbeats on the second floor. It’s the morning after the big move and our two new cats seem to be at home already. Yes, two new cats. Making their Page 7 debut today are Ronnie and Gabbie. That Ronnie is …
Words From A Learned Feline Bard
by Kevin Burton If you love Shakespeare, or cats, or both, today I’ve got you covered. I’m not as familiar with the works of Shakespeare as I am the works of say, Three Dog Night. I say this to my own shame. But I know cats. I love cats, sure as I’m …