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Versailles Kitty, 2006 I'm working on something new for the web and taking a break from Living Vicuriously. Just living curiously...

A previous owner of our house tex-coated the place and that has always kind of bothered me.

I'm not goin' nowhere, she sez. Sez she's stayin' right here. Don't even ast me to budge. Don't even. Please?...

Long-time readers will remember Boz, the internationally famous, boxer/pit bull mix who stole my heart and -- wait. That's a cliché. H...

Stinky, photo by Joel Skelton You can change his name when you adopt him. "Stinky" refers to the aroma he sported when he sho...

What's the picture about? Zen Monday is the day you tell me.

It's Zen Monday and Christmas is coming! Anything else? Let us know in the comments. Happy Christmas, and we'll talk before th...

Somebody sure loves their dog. I know how they feel. And our pets need our love, especially on those evenings when they track poo into t...

Nosy. But a pretty kitty, poised on his matching pillow and posing behind a picket fence, is impossible to resist. This post is ded...

They just crossed the street from Pasadena into Altadena. I didn't notice if this big dog was on a leash, but I think so. After all, w...

Today, we're making chicken soup. (photo by John Sandel)

It rained here most of the day yesterday. The neighborhood kids took advantage of the streams running in the gutters and made a couple of ...

I haven't taken a day off in a long time, perhaps months. I don't remember how long it's been. I've been getting the book ...

Enlarge the picture if need be, and look again. Beautiful, and perhaps too habituated for its own good. But around here, we share the spac...

Today marks the end of nine years of our life with Boz. Better yet: the beginning of ten. It's not his birthday, as far as I know, but I...

Sun today, maybe? Please? I need sun for equilibrium. That's not the word. For energy, mood. When we go for too long without sun it...

Bungalow Heaven is a Pasadena Landmark District . Many homes there fit the description of a Craftsman bungalow , a style that was hugely ...

As I type, I'm sitting on the porch. I hear buzzing. It's not the neighbor's gardener, not this time. It's bees. Maybe t...

Well, I think it's very weird that a month of 2012 has already passed and it's February 1st, but it is, so it's time for another...

In Zen, the emphasis is on learning through experience as opposed to books or lectures. Zen Monday is the day you experience the photo and ...