On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Jenny Tait <piratejenny@verizon.net> wrote:
> On 3/20/2012 5:00 PM, Gwyn Ryan wrote:
>>
>> So, my girlfriend and I are adopting a kitten. We need names! I've
>> traditionally given my cats Irish names. Problem is, there are some
>> Irish names I don't know how to pronounce correctly. I've been
>> thinking about Étaín -- does anyone know the correct pronunciation?
>> Any other ideas?
>>
>
> Wait and see what the kitten's personality is like. Hard yes (cause we are
> so not keeping Creamsicle as this new boy's name) but worth it, I think.
Oh yes, we will. I'm just looking to come up with some options :)
>
> (for those not on fb, our beloved Lily had major jaw problems stemming from
> either cancer or the polyp in her ear pressing on a nerve. She couldn't eat.
> If the cancer had been anywhere else other than her mouth, we would have
> gone the treatment route, but the mouth--it just wasn't fair to keep her in
> pain. So we had her put to sleep this morning. And yes, we immediately got a
> new catten--he's just over a year--because we knew that even three days
> without, which is what it was between Lance and Lily--is too long. So Lily
> saved a life in giving hers. So a suck morning, but better afternoon.)
>
I'm so sorry.
Gwyn
--
Rain and sun shall feed me now,
and roots, and nuts, and wild things,
and rustlings in the midnight wood,
half-mad, like Myrddin, wandering.
--Terri Windling
one day I am going to bloom
patient and proud
with fish in my mouth
and eyes in my wings
--Noe Venable
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