sooner or later

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

24 Mar 2026 - It was worth the wait!  I'd like to find my personal screened porch toasty as soon as Mr. Sol pokes his nose above the horizon, but evidently that is too much to ask.  So I busy myself elsewhere in our domicile, revisiting those out-of-the-way spots that an interloper might decide is safe from rousting (HA!  I'll teach them).  And by the time I've completed my rounds, the great outdoors might be warm enough for a prolonged stay... certainly it is worth checking for myself.  And if not now, then after another walk-about?

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Patience is more than a

virtue:  it is necessary.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - appurrcation, a cat's sustained (stubborn?) effort

good-will offering

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

23 Mar 2026 - I am a shameless follower of Mr. Sol, and am anxious when he is sub-par.  But lately he has rallied from his malaise, and is smiling his warmth upon us.  Like the taller peep, Mr. Sol isn't at his best first thing in the morning.  If given a few hours to collect himself, he can be at full-throttle by lunch time, and the afternoons are simply perfect for guarding my personal screened porch.  I don't like to think of my life without sunshine, and thankfully future plans don't concern us cats.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Fairy tales don't

typically come true.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - endmeowment, a quality possessed by cats (there are many)

my lips are sealed

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

22 Mar 2026 - Even on the job there is no reason that I can't look fetching... perhaps I'm expressing in that curved appendage a come-hither wish to the interlopers whose noisy ways got my attention.  At this time of night, in my experience, the ne'er-do-wells run bigger.  Of course it is harder to hide beneath Mr. Sol's bright stare when you are a large target, so they tiptoe around by moonlight.  But my ears are keen and I am curious, so I'll sit here on the ledge and watch the show, a glaring presence that they'll notice and heed.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Sometimes words

are not needed.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - unpurrthcoming, a cat's unwillingness to divulge everything he knows

sharp as a tack

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

20 Mar 2026 - I bet my peeps wonder what I'm up to when they're away.  Honestly not much, but I won't dispel the mystery with the truth.  When they returned last evening I was demonstrating patience, if not innocence, atop a comfy pillow.  That I didn't skedaddle means that their entry into our domicile was recognized as theirs, and not some alien peep trespassers.  It would be hard to explain how I knew:  their gait along the back walkway, their weight upon the porch stairs... and, if they conversed, their voices would be a sure give-away.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

We know far more

than we'd guess.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

phrase of the day - purrse sense, purractical knowledge

I've got a notion

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

19 Mar 2026 - I am staging a sit-in until someone notices that my saucer is empty!  True, it contained food a short while ago, but this is my current reality (and I'm ready to eat).  Maybe, because breakfast happened before the sun was up, my stomach thinks it was yesterday's meal?  Cats don't really need a reason.  And if I can sway the kitchen help to believe it is time for lunch (surely somewhere in the world it is), my well-mannered protest will have the desired effect.  Otherwise that I'm enjoying a comfy spot near a large portal will be sufficient,

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Life is easier with

some give-and-take.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - physicatity, the presence of the body (count me in)

world-weary

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

18 Mar 2026 - Where did I leave my meep buddy?  I toted him to the last flight of stairs, but evidently he couldn't make it any further... without my assistance that is.  Perhaps on a take-your-toy-to-work day, I'll show him my office (although he has already met the employees).  Somehow he manages to get back down (I suspect via the shorter peep).  For some unexplored reason I enjoy taking him upstairs but lose interest in the reverse.  That tiny bit of extra weight certainly isn't the problem.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

We don't tolerate

boredom well.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrumdrum, lacking excitement (but not so much as to be scary)

most (un)certainly

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

17 Mar 2026 - That pool of warm sunshine would make a fine spot on which to camp out, but I suspect that putting myself even closer to Mr. Sol would be worth the jump up.  Plus a cat always favors the higher position... a bit of elevation helps with surveillance (and better represents a cat's place in the universe).  But I don't want to make a hasty decision, so I'll pause to consider the pros and cons.  There could be scary things, unseen from this vantage, that are waiting for my hop up.  Do I settle for a known landscape or take the risk?

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Life can overwhelm you

with choices.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrlous, full of danger (at least from where I sit)