6th Saddest Canary

A big peachy beige cat showed up on my doorstep in the spring of 2009. He liked the sun in … More

Canary # 5, the Toughest One

(Image by Henri Gustave Jossot, 1903) Brutus was a rescue from Hamilton Animal Services. He was on the the euthanasia … More

Honky was the first cat to get sick after the gas station opened in July, 2018. Within weeks he developed … More

Gas Station opened after renovation: July 1, 2018 First report of Gas Vapour Infiltration, from a fill done with no … More

One day in April, 2020 I noticed that Brutus was sitting oddly. I thought he was transfixed by a bug … More

(Image by Win Wallace) Since the gas station opened in July 2018, I have dealt with five acutely ill cats, … More

The winter of 2018 held on into 2019 far later and longer than it usually did. It was damp, chilly … More

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/story-real-canary-coal-mine-180961570/ Honky (Sick -July 2018 – Jan.2019): Not long after the gas station opened at the beginning of July, 2018, … More

My semi-feral cat, Marm, moved outside in late spring of 2017. Marm was affectionate with me on her terms. I … More

Even before my former house had closed, I was looking at Realtor.ca. Staying in Toronto was not a reasonable economic … More