Jan Eliot's funny and irreverent Stone Soup follows the saga of an extended, blended family, starring two working-mom sisters living just across the fence from each other. Val and Joan share life with their opinionated mother, a middle-school diva and 10-year-old tomboy, a reclusive teenage boy, a wild preschooler and his new baby sister...and of course Wally, the ultimate nice guy who steps into his stepdad shoes with grace amid the chaos. Working-parent hassles, pre-school tantrums, middle-school angst, love and the single mom... it's all here in Stone Soup.
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samvadi said, about 5 hours ago
a nail biting finish.
George Tirebiter said, about 5 hours ago
Let’s hear it for Granny! :-)
husky51 said, about 3 hours ago
Had one cat with an abcess across the top of her skull below the skin. Every day we had to pull out the packing (abt 2 inched), clean out the would (it was like a short tunnel), flush it, apply antiseptic and then re-pack it. Took two of us to hold her with the towel wrap but it was a lot cheaper than going to a vet every day…
ammittai said, about 2 hours ago
hahah @husky51 I had the same experience with a cat who had an abscess on his ear. I put him in a pillow case, wrapped a towel around the pillow case, wrapped a blanket around that, and held him down with my leg. I still got the crap scratched out of me.
emjaycee said, about 2 hours ago
My 18 year old cat, Mud, has finally taken well to getting her talons hacked. We tried the towel, but that ended up in a whole bunch of snags that would make Peekaboo (“Rose is Rose”) look like an amateur. Now, I hold her while someone else clips her nails. Funny part, she will twist around and shove her head into my armpit so she does not have to look at what’s going one, all the while mewing pitifully (“Mom, I know you are not trying to hurt me, I know it will be over soon, I still don’t like it.”). Extra kitty treats and 15 minutes with the slicker brush (she loves being groomed) and all is over and forgiven. Until the next time.