5/13/2016 Boating Adventures | “Bareboat Sailing in the BVI: Reflections of a Novice” Article and Photos by Vicki Totten I don’t consider myself to be all that brave. I have learned that to do something I perceive as scary, I have to first find a way to turn down the volume of my scared voice…
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Skipper Tales #18
In Memory of Skipper the Boat Cat In Memory of Skipper the Boat Cat July 2016 to Nov. 20, 2020 By Vicki Totten Dec. 19, 2020 My sweet and beloved cat Skipper passed away on Nov. 20, 2020, departing from our lives as quickly as he had arrived. After plucking the starving six week old…
Skipper Tales #17
Signs of Trouble Ahead Signs of Trouble Ahead By Vicki Totten March 2020 Skipper has become a puzzle to me. His behavior began to change when a new feral cat began showing up across the street at the coffee shop. He became very skittish and would lash out and run away from us….
Skipper Tales #16
Empty Nesting with a Cat Empty Nesting With a Cat By Vicki Totten Jan. 9, 2020 Apparently I have become an Empty Nester. Again. It has been 13 years since my fiercely independent son left for college, and never really returned except for summer stays and later for short vacations with the family. So I…
Skipper Tales #15
Skipper the Changeling Cat Skipper the Changeling Cat By Vicki Totten May 5, 2019 When we first brought Skipper home, it was to our 33′ sailboat in the Rockport Harbor. He only weighed about 1 1/2 pounds and was starving and full of fleas and kitty lice. But he was also grateful to have been…
Skipper Tales #14
Skipper the Boat Cat is Back on the Boat Skipper the Boat Cat is Back By Vicki Totten Nov. 16, 2018 Apparently Skipper didn’t hear the news. I had pronounced him no longer a boat cat after our last two attempts to take him onto the boat. Or, maybe he did hear it, and that’s…
Skipper Tales #13
Delving into the Brains of Cats Delving into the Brains of Cats By Vicki Totten Oct. 2018 My cat Skipper turned two this summer. When I first started including him in my writing, he was just a few weeks old and living with us part-time on our sailboat in the harbor. That seems like a…
Skipper Tales #12
Skipper the Misbehaving Cat Skipper the Misbehaving Cat by Vicki Totten August 2, 2018 I have decided that my cat Skipper is a bad influence on other cats. Recently, while my husband and I were enjoying some downtown adventures in Chicago, Skipper decided he needed to have some misadventures of his own. And lately, those…
Skipper Tales #11
A Skipper without a Boat A Skipper without a Boat by Vicki Totten April 28, 2018 Apparently Skipper has decided he is no longer a boat cat. I suppose you could say he has now officially been “domesticated.” This time last year, he was perfectly happy to have me put his harness and leash…
Skipper Tales #10
How Becoming a Crazy Cat Lady Helped Me Stay Sane How Becoming a Crazy Cat Lady Helped Me Stay Sane by Vicki Totten Dec. 14, 2017 This has not been a good year for losing things. While my husband and I fared better than many following the hurricane that blew into our little coastal town,…