Winner of my name a #cat #contest

What a fun contest! I had a hard time picking the cat name I want to use from all the great entries. I am highly impressed with the clever scientific terms you guys came up with, and I learned some science history (thank you Amy Valentini). I have to admit, science was not my best subject in school, so many of these terms made me grab my dictionary. Which is a good thing!

My winner chosen by Random.org is Nancy, and the winning name of the cat is Molly, short for molecule. Thanks to several of you for that excellent suggestion.

I said goodbye to my mother this month, which is why I'm so late posting this. Thank you for all the kind sentiments on Facebook, and thank you for your patience while I got myself together enough to finish this contest. Kindness from others means a lot during times of sadness. You think you're a big girl, all grown up, until your mother dies. Then, you just want one more hug from her. One more chance to rest your head on her shoulder and hear her say she loves you.

Blog postings will be random for the rest of this year, as me and the siblings clean out the family house. A huge job since my parents lived there for, oh, a hundred or so years and never threw away one scrap of paper, or anything else. I exaggerate. Slightly. But it's daunting. Air travel drives me crazy these days and I find it takes longer and longer to recover from each trip. The day job has been super busy too, a sign our economy is charged up and lookin' good.

But I will persevere, get this book done, and let you all know when it's up. Happy Spring and thanks again for participating in my contest!