Reasons to Suck It Up Buttercup, Read Your Damn Email

You need to read your email. And not wait for me to poke you on another platform to read your email. It isn’t fair to expect me – in crisis mode, as you know – to manage so many communication tools to keep body and soul together Everyone has their favorite. Most of them are […]

Give Your Back(YardSale) a Good Scratch! Throw in a Pedicure.

Grooming tools are a great tool to donate to (back)YardSale to benefit #PghCatFolx … most are easy to sanitize, small, and very important for pet health. Pictured are flea combs, brushes, nail trimmers, shaver, a portable grooming setup, and a scratchy arch toy. Pretty girl took down the arch into her bed and grooms herself […]

Countdown to the #BackYardSale: We Need Hand and Garden Tools

What to donate to help cats

Today’s suggestion of items to donate to (back)YardSale to benefit #PghCatFolx … hand and garden tools. Do you have extra pairs of scissors? Multiple hammers and screwdrivers? A collapsible snow shovel? Zip ties from that 2015 project? Flashlights? Partial packs of batteries? Tool bags? Carabiners? Swiss Army knife? All these and more can make an […]

Eight Things I Learned During Eight Weeks of Being Locked Out of My Home

8 Things I Learned

Today is a day of celebration – my birthday and the 2 year anniversary of Pittsburgh LGBTQ Charities, the 501c3 I established in 2021. Today, I learned a lot from both. Also, today marks eight weeks since I was locked out of my home against my will and kept from returning to my cats, returning […]

Being Unfriended on Facebook Without Drama. It Can Happen.

Facebook Unfriending

Earlier this fall, I was poking around Facebook when I realized that I had not read any status updates from a certain person whom I’ll refer to as Glenn. We aren’t tight or really actual friends who hang out in real life – friendly colleagues is a fair description. I respect their work, their values […]