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• Triggered Traps and Monster Wreaths – Thoughts from December 13 and 17, 2025

  

  December 13, 2025 For those of you who were waiting on an update to the trap in our yard, I have the first happening since we put it out and filled it with apple cores. To catch up, our outside cat, Archie, was having his food eaten by one of the animals in our backyard.…

  Brian Kirwan

  June 9, 2026

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  2025, animal trap, apple cores, Archie, atheism, backyard animals, bow on the door, cat in a stocking, cats, Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas town, Easter bunny, favorite movies, giant Hello Kitty, Jack Skellington, learning from your mistakes, monster wreath, neighborhood cat, opossum, outdoor decorations, outside cat, Patti, plastic coat hanger, raccoon, religious decorations, relocating a raccoon, Santa, smart animals, squeezed out like a hamster, Stitch in a Santa hat, taking religion out of American holidays, The Nightmare Before Christmas, thoughts, trapdoor closed, triggered the trap, zip ties

• Stealing Archie’s Food, Relocating Animals, and Happy Endings – Thoughts from December 9, 2025

  

  This Thoughts from Life is going to take us into the lives of five cats. Four of the cats are indoor cats and one is an outdoor cat. The inside cats are Scout, Willow, Luna, and Beatrix. Scout is the mom of the other three. They are all female cats. The outside cat is Archie.…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 26, 2026

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  2025, after living happily ever after, animal control, animal stealing Archie’s food, Archie, author created world, autobiographies, backyard animals, Beatrix, belief in supernatural happenings, déjà vu, fantasy stories, fate, five cats, friendships, grammar checker, I keep it random, indoor cats, keep myself interested, lazy writing, live happily ever after, Luna, my story writing, non-believer, nothing is predestined, opossums, outdoor cats, Patti, pest control, raccoon, raccoons carry rabies, religious concepts, relocating, relocating raccoons, relocating raccoons is illegal, romantic concept, Scout, sups, the problem will solve itself, thoughts, Thoughts from Life, vocal orange cat, wet cat food, whatever happens will be the solution, wild animals, Willow

• Lazy Susans, Black Friday, and Pesky Creatures – Thoughts from December 6, 2025

  

  Patti and I are continuing to work on the kitchen. We have two lazy Susans that are only slightly less difficult than the sink is going to be to install. Attaching them to the wall is the hardest part. You must attach 2 x 4-inch pieces of wood together on the wall and for the…

  Brian Kirwan

  May 12, 2026

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  2 x 4 pieces of wood, 2025, animal trap, animals under the porch, apple cores, Archie, Archie’s food, base for an upper cabinet, Black Friday, Brian the Builder, cats, convert upper cabinet to lower cabinet, cutting into weird places, future counter, handsaw, kitchen remodel, lazy Susan, makeshift workbench, miter saw, Mommy Dearest, No wire hangers!, old countertop as workspace, opossom, oscillating tool, Patti, pesky creatures in the neighborhood, portable miter saw, raccoon, sawhorses, setting the animal trap, table saw, thoughts, wire hangers, YouTube Videos

• Archie, Other Animals, and Building Skills – Thoughts from November 18, 2025

  

  Along with Archie chewing on a mouse that I mentioned in my last Thoughts from Life, there is a new story involving Archie and a cast of other animals. Because I work at night, I come home at about 1:00 in the morning. When driving into my spot beside Patti’s truck, I saw Archie on…

  Brian Kirwan

  April 28, 2026

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  2025, adding to the chaos, anchor point, animals eating cat food, Archie, attaching cabinet to the wall, backyard animals, barking aggressively, Beatrix, building skills, cabinet between two vents, cast of animals, cut off connection points, drawings, food and water, fout indoor cats, hiding under a chair, inside cats, kitchen remodel, large dogs, large headed raccoon, Luna, measurements, meowing, new tools, outside cat, Patti, planning, planning for future cabinets, porch, raccoon, Scout, small notepad, splotchy black cat, stray male cat, sups, thoughts, wet cat food, Willow