Alright, it’s November 8th and there hasn’t been a new blahg here since June 
8th. That’s a long five months. Today is not going to be a new full blahg. I just wanted to let you know I am still here. You might have gotten a virus notification about this website but I’ve fixed that and I’ll thank those of you who ignored the warning and continued on to read this blahg. All warnings will eventually disappear.
Some bad things have happened over the past few months. Our kitten, Willow, died on Father’s Day. Technically she had a stroke and we had to have her put down. It was a bad weekend because we had learned on the Friday that she had the same disease that killed our last kitten, Stella.
Little Willow (aka Super Faster Hair)
We were told the odds of that happening to two kittens in the same house within a one year period were astronomical. Still didn’t make us feel better about it. We were all devastated. Instead of showing a more recent picture of Willow, the one on the left was taken by the staff at the Peterborough Humane Society before we adopted her. They graciously emailed me the photo. We have a new kitten but I won’t talk about her yet.
Roni Summer Wickens
The other sad news was that my friend and colleague Roni Summers Wickens passed away earlier this summer. She fought a brave fight with cancer but sadly lost the battle. I used to be her boss and then she was my boss. Long story, but throughout it, no matter who was the boss, we were friends. We lost sight of that over the last few years but I did get to see her last year when she was in better health and there was still some camaraderie between us. The photo here is not one of my own but it reminds me well of Roni in better times. She is missed.
That’s all I will post here for today. Sad news upon sad news is bad enough. I will close this short blahg with a song from Jimmy Durante. He really is a great singer of ballads and I really like this song from the movie, “Lili”. He did not sing the song in the movie but it’s a very moving version. Very emotional but the essence is that after all, you are still here. I am still here.
Tags: False Ducks, Jimmy Durante, Roni Summers Wickens, Scott Henderson
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