Bobbi passed away tonight, in the gentle and loving care of our local veterinarian. She was our eight year old Japanese bobtail, white with orange markings, a small cat. She had "found" me, when I was cleaning an apartment, in what they call an apartment complex. I went to the office to see if they knew whose cat it was. The woman said that someone had moved and just left her to her own devices, and she had been living off the generosity of anyone who would feed her. Well I asked if ...

Well I had the pleasure of meeting just such a person when I was visiting my family in Wisconsin, last month. One day my sister was reading the local newspaper, and on the front page was a picture of a fractal by Tom Wilcox. I had been trying to explain fractals and flames to her, with only limited success. Inside the newspaper, was an excellent article on Tom and his artwork, plus his phone number! And he lived only a couple of miles from my Moms' home. Well I called him and left a m...