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Cats’ Purring Says More Than We Think

by Kevin Burton Apparently the purring our cats do isn’t all good vibrations. These are cats after all, I should have known. It just had to be more complicated than we thought. “We think we know what a cat’s purr means,” writes Stephen Dowling of the BBC. “It is arguably the most recognizable sign …

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A Virus Antidote Of Sorts In A Little Book

by Kevin Burton The house is more than a little cluttered just now. We’re in the mode of getting stuff out the door. But I found a keeper Wednesday. My wife Jeannette put it in the maybe box that I wrote about last month (“The Maybe Box Keeps The Peace At Home,” April …

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