Sonya Schryer Norris

My take on Trump: Fall 2019

Four years ago, I was a hardcore, left wing, news junky. I watched morning news and nightly news and news satire on the late night shows and listened to NPR whenever I was in the car. I considered it my patriotic duty to stay informed. I loved Brian Williams and John Stuart interchangeably and consideredContinueContinue reading “My take on Trump: Fall 2019”

I’m cool

Scout on the mantle Here’s Scout, the cooool cat, owning the mantle.

Quality time with Scout?

So, Scout likes to join me in the bathroom. I pick him up and cuddle him on the throne and he purrs. I put him down and he plays with toys while I finish with my people business and then we exit the room together. Its become a thing. Last night, perhaps a little overexcitedContinueContinue reading “Quality time with Scout?”

Scout falls upside down chasing his own tail

Distracted by his own aborableness, Scout falls ass over tea kettle in his endlessly endearing chase to capture his own tail.

Arrgh, Scout!

Scout has now taken to getting up onto the mantel and going on a kitten rampage: knocking off knickknacks, chewing on picture frames, walking back and forth until all of Bethesda’s memory pieces (her paw print in clay, the cards we received) are scattered on the floor. So, enough is enough. I’ve moved everything offContinueContinue reading “Arrgh, Scout!”

Scout Finds a New Favorite Perch

Scout has been trying to figure out how to clamber up onto the entertainment center for a couple of weeks and today he managed it. Floor to rocker to speaker to entertainment center. He’s so thrilled by his conquest that he gets up there and knocks the books helter skelter every hour or so. BethesdaContinueContinue reading “Scout Finds a New Favorite Perch”

“Training” Scout?

Remember how we said we’d be willing to replace anything Scout destroyed (or just live with it)? Well, he’s decided to use Hubby’s super beloved (but 40-year-old) stereo speakers as his personal scratching post. This drives Hubby nuts and he’s spent a lot of time adjusting the speakers sideways to try and thwart the cat:ContinueContinue reading ““Training” Scout?”