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A WOMAN, A STORY, & A LIFE IN-BETWEEN: CAT & MOUSE BY TIFFANY BLAIR

Finn Tiffanys Cat

I’m proud to announce that my cat has become quite the little mouser. Since the nights have gotten chilly (and since I brilliantly bought a 100+ year old house), we’ve had several of the little fuzzballs make their way inside to get out of the cold. Finn is the namesake of Ice-T’s character on Law & Order: SVU, so you know he’s totally gangsta when he goes about catching a mouse. I’ve never seen how it starts, exactly, but it always ends the same – I wake up in the morning to find Finn sitting stoically near his vanquished foe, waiting for me to come in and dispose of the victim. I appreciate that he doesn’t actually eat the mice, but prefers instead to bat them around until they finally keel over, exhausted and usually a little bit damp (yuck!). He prances around and purrs while I prepare the final resting place – a coffin of the finest triple-layered Walmart bags. I give him a little wink and a scratch on the top of his head as thanks, and he goes off to clean his claws like the little thug he is. Now, if only I could get his lazy good-for-nothing sister, Claire, to start the coffee maker for me – I’d be all set!

– Tiffany Blair, LBSPY #45. (Nov 3-18, 2013)

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HASHTAGWV ART & ENTERTAINMENT Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Christina Entenmann-Edwards has been a WV resident since September 2008. She was born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is no stranger to hard work and the entrepreneurial spirit. In 2006, she graduated from Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Connecticut), Cum Laude, with a B.A. in History. In 2010, she graduated with an M.B.A. from Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia). In February 2012, Christina launched HashtagWV as the area’s first full-color, free arts and entertainment tabloid + online platform. Christina completed the Leadership West Virginia class of 2021, which is an innovative program that grows, engages, and mobilizes leaders to ignite a life passion to move West Virginia forward.