straightening the picture

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

20 May 2015 - Want to accessorize your room?  I'm biased of course, but a cat is the perfect addition to any space.  We bring elegance and sophistication wherever we are, and our personalities can bling out the dullest of spots.  Unfortunately for some of you we also cause a histamine attack, so my proposed solution is not for everyone.  But should I be faulted for someone's overactive response?  You have to admit:  we do turn heads.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Joy brightens the room.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrbane, cultured and refined in manner and appearance (through frequent bathing and claw maintenance)

your cute little pussycat knows

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

19 May 2015 - For all their many faults, my peeps are worth hanging onto.  For one thing, I really don't care to train new recruits...it is such an aggravating and slow process.  With occasional prompts and prods my two, after eleven years, know the routine.  Secondly, they are knowns.  Would their replacements be less stable, less reliable?  The spectre of that question virtually insures them their jobs.  Lastly, my peeps excel at chin-chucking.  That skill, and a bowl of kibbles, are the way to my heart.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

A satisfied customer tips well.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - happurrness, fulfillment of a feline's wishes and needs

get along, little dogie

Me-ow-my-oh!

 

 Me-usings and Me-emories

 

18 May 2015 - Lately the shorter peep and I have been working on  "heel".  Over the course of thirty feet, she sticks with me fairly well, and we appear to be a team.  But inevitably she will spot something along the way that requires further investigation, and she strays from my side.  I patiently pause the lesson until once again I have her attention, and we stroll on.  If I could just keep her focused on the task (but how?  dangle a bit of chocolate in front of her nose?), I think that we could graduate to the next chapter.  Someday, maybe, we will work on "fetch"...although at this point it is not skills-appropriate.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Perseverance is as much

an asset as intelligence.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrposeful, determined, unshakable...I'd say dogged, but I'd rather not

shut eye

Me-ow-my-oh!

 

 Me-usings and Me-emories

17 May 2015 - "To lie down, or not to lie down?"...some questions are just silly.  The real poser is "for how long?"  It probably won't surprise you to learn that I don't set an alarm.  Life doesn't have to be complicated:  just let the body tell you when to get up and when to get down.  With all the money I have saved by not buying clocks, I could purchase my very own bed.  But I am not picky:  if the spot is quiet, I can sleep anywhere.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Rest is restorative.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purroccupied, given to daydreaming in a bright patch of sunlight

an open and shut case

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

16 May 2015 - I can't be the only one who hates closed doors.  They are so exclusionary, like a gated community, and clearly establish with their boundaries who is the in-crowd and who is the stiff begging to get in.  I have my own means of exit to the outside world, but in order to spend time on the screened porch, a very desirable spot in spring, I have to enlist the assistance of my peeps.  Am I not worth the few extra kilowatts of electricity to leave the door ajar?  It would appear not.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Trouble ensues when social

barriers are not permeable.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrtentious, having to live among knuckleheaded peeps and knowing that you are better

don't hate me

Me-ow-my-oh!

 

Me-usings and Me-emories

15 May 2015 - I was just trying to check for crow's feet...and am delighted to report that I can't find any!  That is one good-looking fella, don't you think?  I attribute my baby face to a life without stress, where naps are frequent and long.  Since I have specified no tombstone and no eulogy, I truly have nothing I must accomplish in this lifetime...maybe the next.  I just noticed the pink lunkhead in the background:  was he trying to insert a peace sign into my picture?  If I really cared, I would photoshop his sorriness outta there.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Life should be a bowl of ice cream.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - catceit, a feline's oblivious ego

alterred ego

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

14 May 2015 - Don't we all have a mental picture of ourselves?  It is the sort of thing that we wouldn't necessarily share lest we incur derision, for it captures the divide between who we are and who we imagine ourselves to be.  So please don't scoff when I say that mine is the mythical panther, Florida's own big cat.  Its dwindling numbers make it all the more desirable to glimpse, to respect, to fear.  I like to think that somewhere nearby my counterpart is lazing beneath a stand of palmetto, perfectly camouflaged, waiting patiently.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Ideas are the first step.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - nonpurreil, a matchless specimen, the finest feline