Well, today was a much less stressful day here at Kilmurry House. My shoulder told me it was time to take a break from apple pealing and tablet weaving. Since I had a lot of writing to do anyway, I thought I'd spend part of the day at the computer. But first I needed to do things like feed some of the critters and take my attempts at a "daily" walk. First discovery, its Monday and we are out of animal food. Husband is at the forge and not going anywhere. The house-mate (aka The Lizard...

Some of this blog was inspired by a post to a Survival list I am on. The original poster was asking about urban survival in bad situations and I shared some my experience in the San Francisco earthquake of 1989. I have been in several similar situations (hence the family nickname of Disaster Cat) but I think I learned the most from this particular earth quake. In future blogs, I may share comments on other Disasters I have known (mostly natural, a few man-made), but I thought I would start...

This past weekend, Disaster Cat went to Belfast. Never mind the interesting murals and national flags (they change depending on what street you drive on) no, what I found really interesting about this trip was: breakfast. I was in Belfast to attend an SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) event. For those who don't know, the SCA is sort of a semi-private club where people with an interest in the past (mostly Europe from about the time of King Author to the time of Queen Elizabeth) dress ...