Anyone have experience with corneal ulcers?

Our beloved cat, Lizzie, had an ulcer surgically removed about 13 months ago, and has a residual scar. If you have experienced this, please let me know at My Kitty's Eyes. Same goes for cataracts. It's about the only feline eye disorder we haven't experienced first-hand.

Charles Klaveness

You have no idea who Charles Klaveness is, but almost everyone who has written headlines for newspapers does. He's an editor at the New York Times now, but when I knew him he was at Newsday. He was a legend. I was an intern.

But Charles spent an enormous amount of time mentoring me, and he and his lovely wife (and accomplished author), Janet, hosted me on a couple of return trips to New York over the years.

Among other things, Charles has won numerous national awards for his headlines, and an editor at the Times calls him perhaps the greatest headline writer ever. He is.

Anyway, I just read a story from the Times on Charles' retirement.

Here's the kicker: Charles was the greatest headline writer ever at Newsday. But I twice beat him for headline of the month. The awards were announced after I left the paper, and I never would have known I had won ... except that Charles made sure I found out.

Charles is a giant. He's not famous to you, but he is to me.

The Sashabaw Project

For decades, the remains of a famous Michigan Indian chief were kept in my grandparents' garage near Pontiac because no one wanted them. I still can't find anyone who wants them.

In fact, some experts now say they might not be Chief Sashabaw's remains at all, because the Sashabaw legend might have been fabricated by white people to sugar-coat our treatment of Native Americans. Conventional wisdom holds that Sashabaw befriended Oakland County settler Oliver Williams. Others believe "Sashabaw" might really have been Sassaba, an Ojibwe who despised Americans.

Either way, this is an injustice. If you have any information, please visit The Sashabaw Project at www.thesashabawproject.com.

Eye problems in cats

Many cats suffer feline eye problems such as distichia, herpes, ulcers and glaucoma and never get the help they need.

In part, this is because many of these problems are relatively rare, or at least rarely diagnosed, in cats.

I have a site, www.mykittyseyes.com, that can help you find the answers you need. I'm not selling anything. I just hope you'll find it useful.

www.mykittyseyes.com