thekittygirl

The Interwebz are all ablaze this week with chatter about the current "SuperMoon" — a slang term for when the Moon is at perigee (closest approach to Earth) each year. I frequently step outside

Everyone has probably heard about the big solar storm that was supposed to make the aurora phenomenon visible further away from the earth's poles than usual. I live too far south (≈35°N) of the North Pole

In MARCH 2022, @friendlymoose, who had already been active in photo contests on Hive, began a weekly Curation Post listing photography contests on Hive. These can easily be found in his blog with titles

For the Ladies of Hive contest week #165, the authors are listed below. Choose one. Good luck ladies!

My sister-in-law needed a ride to the groomer's salon so her kittycat could get a bath and her claws trimmed. So, I gave them a ride. The groomer had a cute little tree in her place for the #wintermas

I’m continuing to tell the story of my journey with endometrial cancer. I speak openly and honestly in these posts so if that might offend you, please feel free to check out my newsletter or my other writings

The Republic of Austria has been issuing coins to commemorate their longtime musical heritage, which over the centuries has included great names such as Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Amadeus

I live in a relatively rural area, outside of a small town of roughly 3000 people. Although there are an abundance of farms in the area, there's relatively few places to buy fresh, local produce from those

LittleBit has always been an indoor cat. She's so skittish that she runs and hides if anyone unknown to her comes around. When she was here three years ago and allowed outside, she would run and hide almost

While recently in Waynesville, North Carolina, on business, I stopped at Bogart's for a meal. I was very impressed with the relaxed décor of the place. First, there was subdued lighting, which is much

LittleBit came back for a visit for a few weeks and, of course, brought my late-husband's sister along with her. One night recently as we were watching the evening weather report on the television, she

I've never been to Miami. It is the second-largest city in Florida and is the "busiest cruise port in the world." [1] The closest I ever came was when I was on a business trip an hour away in Deerfield

photo by Waldemar on Unsplash Last year, @beeber had a wonderful idea — to create a space on the Hive blockchain where anyone could memorialize a beloved person or pet who died. I think this

I have heard owls hooting at night over the years. There are plenty of trees in this area as well as abundant small prey for them in the form of countless squirrels, chipmunks, mice, voles, moles, shrews,

When it comes to food items, I usually enjoy trying new things and am not a picky eater. Most of my life, however, I have lived in small towns or locations that have a "small town feel" to them. As such,

I'm happy to go looking for flowers sometimes, but it is even better when they come to me! What a surprise I had a few weeks ago when a faint flash of red appeared across the yard amongst a sea of green

The "spot price" of silver as a commodity was relatively low for a number of years. It was during that lull in prices that I began to actually invest in silver (shown by the purple arrow in the below chart).

This week's "offline activity" starts with a backstory. Sure, I could tell about the activity in ten words with no backstory, but what's the fun in that? Three weeks ago, a friend of mine celebrated her

Dreams are always a little weird, aren't they? For the past year or two, however, my dreams have been much more weird than usual and I have no clue why. Just a couple of days ago, for instance, I dreamed

Five years on the blockchain, what a wild ride! And here's to another five years, or more! ~ badge by HiveBuzz.com, background by thekittygirl/Hive ~ I will dispense with the usual 'recap' style of post,