vague rant

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

1 June 2018 - I hope that I didn't upset anyone with my ominous talk... but as you can tell from the picture, I was so prescient.  After two days of travel we have arrived at the hinterland lake.  I really do enjoy my life here, especially once the weather creeps out of spring, but I totally hate the ordeal of getting here (and I don't think my peeps are thrilled either).  Whoever said, "what doesn't kill us makes us stronger" is trying way too hard to be a cheerleader.  I know that the stress of the past forty-eight hours has shaved a bit off my life expectancy.  Did I not have lives to spare I would be seriously annoyed.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Taking it all in requires

a slower pace.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purregrinate, to wander from place to place (and no grinning was involved)

storm advisory

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

30 May 2018 - I can't shake the feeling that something ominous is out there.  We have had plenty of heavy black clouds skirt overhead... but this dread is something different entirely.  It is there on the edge of my mind, a dark shape in the shadows, unrecognizable,  but emanating vibes that can't be ignored.  My peeps don't seem to be aware, but their senses are not as fine-tuned as mine.  I must keep up my guard:  of the three of us I am the trusted sentry.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Keep your eye on the horizon.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - unpurromising, short on hope, long on gloom

worker's compensation

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

29 May 2018 - Not all of us had yesterday off, but there are perks to being needed.  It is a good feeling, and most of you know first-hand, to turn that last corner in route to home and that favorite chair.  Although fewer and fewer of us actually are physical in our work labors, you might still understand tired feet and the joy of getting off of them.  This final flight of stairs sometimes seems insurmountable, but then I dig deep and pull myself up.  It is that mental image of undisturbed rest, of familial affirmation, that helps many of us keep going.  My notion of heaven involves a nap and a porch.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

It is good to

earn one's keep.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - opurrator, a fixer, an expediter, sometimes a hustler (I'm not just a purrty face)

putting out the welcome cat

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

28 May 2018 - Now that my paws aren't tucked beneath me, an observer would rightly guess that I am enjoying, finally, the warm weather.  Our comfort zone is so relative to what we grew up with, what makes us happy, that an afternoon that I find delightful would make someone else groan in sweaty misery.  This wide gulf in our perceptions of what is "acceptable" means that if weather was decided by a hand vote, or (even worse) by committee, many of us would be disappointed in the selection.  So despite my kvetching when it is chilly or wet, I still prefer the random deal (and not the stacked deck).

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Let's hope there

is something for everyone.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - democatic, egalitarian ("after you.. no, I insist")

stoke and swagger

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

26 May 2018 - I realize that were I Kermit the Frog I would be virtually invisible... but we all must work with the hand we're dealt:  I am black and white in a kaleidoscope world.  So I favor the night for recon and sentry duty, and walk very stealthily when the light is high.  It might surprise you that I can sneak up on things, especially if the thing in my crosshairs is absorbed in its thoughts... perhaps it too is stalking or it is groggy in the heat or sated from a meal.  I don't conduct an exit interview, but I am an effective bouncer.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

The life you save

could be your own.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purreptitious, engaged in fur-tive activity

sopping down the bunny trail

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

24 May 2018 - I wasn't the only one ecstatic about seeing the sun again:  the entire neighborhood, excluding my peeps, was outside yesterday mowing tall grass.  I appreciate their efforts because it is much easier to spot interlopers when there isn't vegetation to hide behind.  But everyone is allowed a break now and then, so don't guffaw that I am slacking my duties.  There are many hours in the day, and naturally the shorter peep elected to record this small bit of down-time.  In her defense I really don't want her following behind as I walk my beat:  too distracting (plus I don't want my tactics or route made public).

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Changeup can be very effective.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrdictable, unsurprising (hiss, who wants that as his description?)

the ugly truth

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

23 May 2018 - No one is at his best when he yawns or sneezes,  but they are acts which are difficult to suppress (and keep a neutral face).  I wonder if that is what my peeps see when I gape... all teeth and red membranes and a dark hole at the back.  I seem to recall that one of these very blogs features a picture of me doing essentially the same thing... and I am fairly certain that I didn't sign any consent papers.    But it is out there now, just as this gigantic mug that I stand before.  What to do?  I suppose firstly I will underscore that who/what I am is not for the audience to decide.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

We all have need of kindness.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrturb, to fluster and dismay (it's hard to be impurrvious)