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Cathy Coley

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Columbo Saves Us

Thursday, November 12, 2020

I’ve been MIA here for a few months. I’ve been watching a lot of series, Queen’s Gambit is amazing, and I think I’ve watched all the Cozy Village British Murder Shows there are to watch. I’ve returned to the Murder Shows of my childhood, with the help of a friend who sent me the full DVD set of Columbo. My spawn in the house have started watching Columbo with me. It’s nice when the world is in chaos, both big and small, ie: my cancer, and being locked up in the [...] more
Pants not required for writing when have pets

To puppy or not to puppy and writing

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

After much hilarity and drama, it appears that Sunni-D has done the 11% percent thing and pulled a “canine fetal re-absorption” move. Google it, it’s wild. We were actually looking forward to and preparing for puppies, and I had four takers to adopt among friends. Alas, puppies were not to be, but spaying is imminent. Meanwhile, school started for kid, and we attended two weddings far afield in the beginning of October, from which I am still recovering. I’m not sure how much I have spoken here about Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, [...] more

Of Neighbors, Dogs, and Fences

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

I used to blog about balancing writing and family life with special needs at musingsinmayhem. wordpress. com when we lived in Virginia. My life has always had a bit of a wild hilarity in the mix. I wanted this website to be more about writing projects in its focus, but I am who I am, and my life is mayhem. We moved two cats with us to North Carolina. We were dogless since the passing of our Lucy a handful of years earlier. We fostered and [...] more