This morning, as I sit in my warm home, enjoying its comfort and a hot cup of caramel drizzle coffee, my meandering mind turns to cats. “Cats?” you may well ask because the only pet I have is a dog, drowsing on the carpet near-by, but in the past, I have made the acquaintance of […]
Oct 15, 2013
A Cat and His Man
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A Cat and His Man, Part II (These are the same characters as in yesterday’s, “A Man and His Cat”. Nanci thought it sounded better to put the cat first since it is told from his viewpoint so today I’m trying that way on for size to see how it fits. Jake stepped inside the […]
Jul 11, 2013
The Cat’s Meow
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Lazy Summer Slumber softly, summer cat, Dozing in the sunbeams. Needing neither rhyme nor reason To become one with the season; Tawny, yawny, warm and mellow, Sun-drenched days and cat of yellow Loving lazy daydreams. […]
May 8, 2013
The Cat
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He slips through the darkness of my neighbor’s yard, this nocturnal cat. The only reason I can see him at all is because part of him is white. The rest is black and gives an eerie impression of pale, disembodied blobs floating above the grass. What is his reason for being out? Catching a sleepless […]
Apr 10, 2013
Lady’s Best Friend
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Yesterday as I wrote about D. C., I mentioned another cat, Rinehart. This is how he came to be at Manos Meadows. A lot of years ago, a stray cat wandered to my mother and dad’s house in Tahlequah. She was a gray and white Manx and very, very shy. She had long hair and […]
