I got my first cat, Midnight, when I was six. The Harkleroads had a greenhouse. When I went with my mom to buy tomato plants, they showed us a black kitten they had caught and were keeping under an upside down bushel basket. I took him home.
 
		
			My father, Geoff, and Buddy walking by the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Milwaukee. 
			
			Photograph taken by my mother, D. Jean Graff, October 2004. 
		
 
		
		I raised and released several Monarch Butterflies. Includes photos and movies.
John Kerry rally, November 1, 2004