rest assured

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

7 Mar 2022 - There have been enough warm afternoons for me to not feel guilty taking a siesta during those prime hours.  And if you aren't in the habit of napping, I encourage you to occasionally indulge.  Those moments of shut-eye are amazingly restorative (and as close to luxury as this former stray is likely to get).  Mostly I recoup the energy expended on patrolling our domicile, but occasionally I dreamily imagine the fun I'd have if that porch screen were to suddenly vanish.  Watch out, beeps and leeps!  The shorter peep tells me that sometimes my whiskers and paws twitch while I doze... which sounds so undignified I'm not sure she is telling the truth.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Don't forget to enjoy.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - inpurrlude, a period of relaxing, paws for inactivity

the king's gambit

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

6 Mar 2022 - Sometimes I imagine myself as a jungle cat, slipping through the dense entangling foliage and evading the constrictors.  But walking on the porch boards has its advantages:  I don't care for grit between my toes (and neither does the shorter peep appreciate grainy deposits on our domicile's floors).  So daydreaming is a neater compromise that still allows me to hide and track and pounce:  all good life skills.  And truthfully I don't really want to meet something, without that intervening screen, that could consider me its lunch.  Upon further thought that screen looks like it could easily be breached... it is very fortunate that I am by nature cautious (and curious a distant second).

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Be careful out there.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - assimeowlate, to absorb and digest food as well as repurrcussions

the same game

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

5 Mar 2022 - Different window, different room, different direction, but still the job involves lots of biding my time.  Lately the beeps have been building toward a feathered frenzy, dashing themselves against the glass or proclaiming at full volume.  Their antics are amusing, even entertaining, so my life is never dull.  In fact boredom is the desired state of every elder cat.  We youngsters have a bit too much energy to chill for long periods, but after another ten or so years of streaking through rooms and up stairs, I too shall enjoy the more sedentary occupation of being the old meow of the mountain.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Wisdom can't be had

without experience.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrspicuity, penetrating discernment (it takes years of purractice)

maintaining focus

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

4 Mar 2022 - The hardest part of a sentry's job is to remain alert during lulls.  To be continually assaulted would be hard physically and mentally, but when the opposition seems to be taking a siesta it is very difficult not to take a nap yourself.  And of course the savvy enemy knows this very thing and will use the drop in surveillance to advance his cause.  So here I sit, drowsing in the warm sunlight, willing myself to keep at least one eye open and half the neurons firing.  I really need an interloper (very small and non-threatening) to stroll by, just to jolt my system with adrenalin.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Never assume the other

fella's job is easy.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - dexpurrous, having skills, nimble-clawed

my treat

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

3 Mar 2022 - If there is something that you really appreciate or enjoy, and that something seems to be in abundance, don't take it for granted.  Even the most commonplace occurrence isn't a guarantee.  Unfortunately familiarity encourages a ho-hum attitude, and on that future day when the norm can't be counted on we wonder what happened, what went wrong.  And the "wrong" is that while we were blessed with its presence, we had no idea that we were the lucky ones, privileged to enjoy those what we would later think of as halcyon moments.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Don't forget that

life is magical.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

phrase of the day - on cloud feline, on top of the world (or the nearest window ledge)

misplaced priorities

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

2 Mar 2022 - One of the occasional jobs given the shorter peep is retrieving my toys from can't-reach spots.  I have favorites among my stuffed menagerie, and when one isn't available I seek the next in line.  Here I am snoozing with second-best, since #1 was still missing.  I have been known to carry them up/down stairs, bat them around, and abandon them wherever when the fun ends... which means, when one goes missing, an entire-house search is required.  But the shorter peep is an excellent seeker (and the taller peep agrees), so at the moment all are accounted for.  I can purr with contentment.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

"Not all who wander

are lost."

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

phrase of the day - disappurring act, to make something vanish into thin air (or under the piano)

gruff and ready

Shamus on view

Me-usings and Me-emories

1 Mar 2022 - Save it or savor it?  I'm a cat, not a squeep, so of course I ate it.  Now that the sun has upped its ante, the shorter peep and I sit on my screened porch for her midday meal and my midday treats.  We enjoy one another's company without filling the air with conversation... all the better to listen to the beep chorus and a strange, throaty sound that is occasionally added to the mix.  My ears have pinpointed the origin... off in the direction of cold winds and outside my area of responsibility.  Naturally I am quite curious what sort of creature would make this noise, but I have yet to catch a glimpse.

clipped notes

                             Today's Catechism 

                            (for the autodidcat)

Have a friend,

be a friend.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - myspurrious, puzzling (purrhaps intentionally so)