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Annie & the “Interloper”

January 18, 2021 ~ Ellie P. ~ 6 Comments

Who knew winning her over would be so hard? Or… maybe it just took patience?

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Her Highness Annie’s 10 Stages of Joy (Animosity to Ecstasy)

December 21, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ Leave a comment

Even if you don’t have a cat, I’m sure you’ll relate! 😁😼😸😻

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The Box

August 12, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 6 Comments

Let it be known that, just like John on the old Ally McBeal show, who liked a “fresh bowl,” my cat Annie (aka Her Highness) likes a “fresh box.”

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Windows on the Past: Blackie

July 25, 2020July 26, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

Easy come, easy go…

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5 years! A Special ‘Blogversary’!

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020 ~ Ellie P. ~ 12 Comments

When I started this blog on June 28, 2015, I was scared out of my wits. What would I write? Who would read it? How long could I keep it going?

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Laughter: The Universal Language – #134

September 9, 2019 ~ Ellie P. ~ 4 Comments

Have you seen these diaries? So hilarious! 😂

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Laughter: The Universal Language – #94

November 28, 2018 ~ Ellie P. ~ 6 Comments

This meme made me think of a few human misanthropes I know…

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Laughter: The Universal Language – #79

August 13, 2018 ~ Ellie P. ~ 8 Comments

Did any of these video hijinks ever happen to you? Probably not, which makes them all the more hilarious!

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Laughter: The Universal Language – #71

June 18, 2018 ~ Ellie P. ~ 8 Comments

We sure do love our feathered, furry, or (if you must) scaly friends. But sometimes – just like us, in fact – they can be real jerks! 😁

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Cat Café – Clever Cuteness

April 26, 2018 ~ Ellie P. ~ 15 Comments

I’m happy to report that there are a number of kitty oases we can go to in Montreal to see and pet the sweetest felines ever! My daughter and I paid a fun visit to one of them last Sunday for lunch, at Café Chat L’heureux (French for: Happy Cat Café).

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What’s Wrong With Me?! – My little medical saga has a nice dramatic arc to it: puzzling beginning, painful middle, and an ending that was a relief in more ways than one.

Surviving Hollywood North
Surviving Hollywood North – An irreverent memoir revealing how Ellie Presner wrangled insecure screenwriters, harried producers and directors, and eccentric actors in Montreal’s flourishing film business during the 1990s.

First Kiss and Other True Fiction
First Kiss and Other True Fiction – Evocative short pieces ranging from a little girl’s terror, to an older child’s disillusionment, to the glory (and confusion) of a budding adolescent’s first kiss… not without a dollop of humour.

How to be an (Almost) Perfect Parent
How to be an Almost Perfect Parent – Friendly illustrated advice from a former family support worker. Professionals – and parents – love it!

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The Germ Guy: Confessions of a Mercurial Microbiologist

bogeyandruby

Random stuff, reflections on the meaning of life and death, humour, self-deprecation, a bit of bad poetry.

The WordPress.com Blog

The latest news on WordPress.com and the WordPress community.

Vignettes and Bagatelles

Read my mind. Little stories in a big universe.

brian nation: the hot dog palace never closes

Word Quilt

I don't sew, but I write -- patching together pieces of my life.

Dr. Eric Perry

Psychology to Motivate | Inspire | Uplift

MagickMermaid

Day-Dreamer, Moon-Gazer, Confirmed Contrarian, Artist, Frustrated Cartoonist, Traveler, Perennial Fish Out of Water

3 Sisters Abroad

Travel - home and away and Chronic Illness's

Morgan Hazelwood: Writer In Progress

Sharing Writing Tips and Writerly Musings

Cristian Mihai

writes a short story every week

Jeremy Presner, Editor

Post Production for Film & Television

Ron's Country Musings

Life in the slow lane

Seek The Best Blog

A tapestry of observations and stories from the mind of Lady G

ENIGMA IN BLACK

Coming From All Directions

I'm Sick and So Are You

Observations on life beyond illness

Love Totsy Presents

Luanne Castle's Writer Site

Memoir, poetry, & writing theory

Mehrling Muse

Life in the mountains

Luke Atkins

Film, Television, and Music Critic

Object Relations

"A Word of Substance"

Larry Kahaner

Tripill Photography

Grammarian in the City

Snarky remarks on language I see and hear in New York City

Sandy McFadden

Family Man & Happiness Engineer at Automattic

Eyestrain Productions

An unhealthy and unwarranted look into the twisted life and dubious career of Shane Simmons - dark writer, morbid historian, obsessive collector and sick mind

Kathryn Presner

Theme whisperer and professional cat cuddler

A Writer's Path

Sharing writing tips, information, and advice.

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