• "There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily."
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  "When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved . . . "
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  "You must fear the monkey!"
  -- Bucky Katt, Get Fuzzy
  

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I suspect many similar photos will find their way onto this site because George, my 6-year-old domestic longhair (shelter rescue), really does have a bag fetish. He’s 18 pounds and thinks the world revolves around him.

Writer George

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