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Our rambling life with two old cats

Welcome Gentle Readers,

We are Susan Carey and Jamie Wyant

Susan and Jamie

We are Susan Carey and Jamie Wyant.  In 2017 we sold our Salem, Oregon home and most of our possessions and moved with five elderly pets to Valencia, Spain.

After Lizzie, the best dog ever, and two of our four cats died, it was time to try something different.  That's when we decided to ramble the world with one daypack, one suitcase, and one cat each.

We write about our rambles, personal experiences, and what we learn from the people and places we encounter. We hope to influence you, our gentle readers, to consider your own journeys, whether stationary or mobile, internal or external.

Meet Our Two Old Cats

Susan spent the last 16 years of her career at Willamette Humane.  Sometimes we had 13 or so cats counting the litters we fostered in our guest bathroom.  Jamie was such a softie that he almost always chose one or two foster kittens to add to our family.  That's how Ricco (19 yrs) and Teej (going on 21 yrs) came to be members of  our family.

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Teej
Head shot of a black and ehite cat named Ricco
Ricco

Our Latest Blog Posts

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A Summer of Water & Leisure

I worked every summer for 50 years while dreaming of a summer of leisure. Well, 2021 was the summer: and…

Susan

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Smith Island, MD – Our Chesapeake Bay Experience

There are only two things that draw most people to the island – to eat crabs and to eat Smith…

Susan

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A Hidden Treasure in Lancaster County

Lititz, Pennsylvania was once voted the coolest small town in America. By the time we left, we understood why… pretzels,…

Susan

Living Gently in the World

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We try to live gently.  Sometimes it's a struggle.  It isn't always easy to know how to minimize our negative impact on resources, local cultures, and our fellow residents on this earth as we pursue our goal to continue to live gentle in this world.
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Walking to Ugíjar

Every morning while Susan and I are sipping coffee and waiting for sunrise, the street lights of the white villages…

Jamie

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Ashes to the Universe

“Old friends cannot be created out of hand… For years we plant the seed, we feel ourselves rich; and then…

Jamie

Our Rambling Ways

Rambling with our Cats
We aren’t quite sure where our rambling ways with two old cats will lead us in the unforeseeable future, but so far things are going well.
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Renewing Our Non-lucrative Visas in Valencia

Our first year of retirement living in Valencia, Spain passed so quickly, we might not have remembered to renew our…

Jamie

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Prague in December

Prague is a year-round destination and the Christmas season adds an extra sparkle to an already handsome city. With a…

Susan

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