I've been fostering bottle fed kittens for the last ?? years. This year with the econmy the way it is, we haven't been able to adopt out the kittens. Now they are more like young adult cats.

Each litter of kittens are so different. This litter has been the healthiest bunch, but emotionally, they are the worst at the adoption. Maybe they talked amongst themselves and realized in how not to be adopted out.

I wish they find a home! I love them dearly but it just isn't fair for them to share me with 7 other cats in my house. 4 of the permanent cats have long term medical needs and we just didn't feel right to adopt out a cat who needed constant care so we kept them.

Anyway, I'm bit sad right now... This batch of kittens for whatever reason, likes to stampede and I really mean stampede, something spooks them out and they all patch out!! In the process tonight, one of them destroyed one piece of pottery in my collection. Its not so much the $ but rather, the beauty of the piece and everything else about it was shattered. I can't blame the kittens. They do what kittens do you know... Still... two beautiful pieces in two month is bit hard to swallow.

On a brighter note, getting more involved with cycling advocacy and working with the city. Today, attended an all day conferenece in downtown LA to learn more about public policy, advocacy, organizing... I had bit of trepidation about the conference but it was WELL WORTH IT. Maybe I'll get more involved with Hermosa Beach bike master plan (in works). Start our version of car free Friday. And I hope to be involved in the actual planning and implementation of the bike master plan. It is really sad that Hermosa Beach has ONLY ONE share bike path. Just one. There just isn't any excuses. Weather here is so perfect. People are into outdoors stuff yet only one shared bike path. And the bike path doesn't even connect into bike path from other cities. People in this city are literally hostile toward the cyclists. So we shall see.

Learned that Portland is far more progressive than LA. What a cool town!!! SF, Berkley, PaloAlto were all pretty progressive but nothing like Portland. I would like to see Hermosa Beach be like Portland Ore. To the ladies up there, your town rocks!!

I'm also involved with Hermosa Beach Amature Radio club (for disaster communication). I would be just a radio operator in case of emergency. Don't shoot the messenger

Lastly, I will be getting involved with the school board. I don't have kids but education ranks fairly high on my life priorities. I don't want to see teachers pay being cut. I don't want to see music, art, science/math being cut either. The residents in my city needs to be made aware of the importance and how it affects property value. I would like to see some support from local hi-tech companies. They could sponsor some programs to help with the cost. Some science experiments can be made real cheap and it would be fun. Art supplies can be very cheap too. Hand built pottery requires no expensive tools or skills. Pastels can be had cheap. ask for donations from local art supply stores...

My plate is pretty full .

Oh I did participate in environmental clean up of our beaches. That was sponsored by Heal the Bay.

There are other things I like to do but no time so I just donate Xmas gifts for the Christmas wishing tree, donate money for other causes. I still would like to take part in Habitat for Humanity house building. Wouldn't that be cool.

I do all this because I can and I like doing it. If you can't do it that's okay too. Not everyone has the time nor the energy. If I had children of my own, I don't think I could do all this, be the breadwinner, take care of the house, cabbie for the kids, coach for the kids, be a cook for the kids...

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