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Our rambling life with an old cat

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.  Sadly, we lost Ricco to kidney failure along the way and now we are three.

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 Old Cat Teej

Teej, A black and white long haired cat sitting on a chair

Teej

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 Teej (going on 21 yrs) came to be part of  our family.

Although he started out as the fiesty one in the family, Teej is a little cuddle buddy these days.  Seems that age is mellowing us all.

Our Latest Blog Posts

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L’isle-sur-la-Sorgue deserves more than a day trip

We’d arrived on a warm and sunny Thursday morning in October. It was market day. The village streets were jammed…

Susan & Jamie

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Yes, you can travel by train with your cat in Europe

Even though traveling with an old cat has its challenges, it’s nothing compared to navigating Covid restrictions in the E.U.…

Susan & Jamie

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Jenny: A profile in Gentle Living

In 2005 my life intersected with a remarkable young woman from Barcelona Spain. I am delighted to profile Jenny Berengueras…

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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I Didn’t Know “Squat” About Getting in Shape

Jumping at the local school’s playground has added tremendous leg strength. Gentle cycling is more fun when you’re really fit.…

Susan

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Our Gentle Values and Their Measures

We are trying to live gently in the world, more gently than we ever have.  We’ve been at this point…

Susan & Jamie

Our Rambling Ways

Rambling with our Cats
We aren’t quite sure where our rambling ways with our old cat Teej will lead us in the unforeseeable future, but so far things are going well.
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How I Spent My First Ever Yoga Retreat at Yoga Sutra Shala

Recently I started to have the feeling that a rigorous week-long retreat just might be beyond my physical capacity. I…

Susan

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We Stumble into Adlestrop – Through the Back Door

When Jamie suggested a cycling vacation in England, I thought, “I’ll finally see the Cotswolds.”   Year after year I’d add…

Susan

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