with open arms

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

15 May 2014 - Many of you will know that I began my current residency with a BF named Hobbes.  Our duo lasted a short two years, and since that time I have been the sole name on the marquis.  Recently a friend of my peeps left behind this pitiful rendition of a feline.  With a fixed stare and drugged expression, it is only capable of waving, an act totally foreign to my species...but we were not consulted.  I have tried to reason with it, stilling its manic arm, but it can not retain the thought that could free it.  Sometimes I sit nearby, in a show of solidarity, but too much time with this unfortunate creature is depressing.  

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Be careful whom you beckon.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

character of the day - Maneki-neko, a widely popular figurine that is believed to bring good luck and fortune

of all the nerve

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

13 May 2014 - I definitely avoid confrontation, nine lives being totally too short.  However, some matters are vital enough to me that I place myself on the front line...not necessarily in harm's way (I am no idiot) but making it unquestionably clear where I stand...or in this case lie.  Today the shorter peep came in the back door as if no apologies were needed, no explanations warranted.  So I calmly and quietly did a sit-in, putting myself atop the incriminating suitcase.  If she gallivants again, it will be over my well-fed body.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Only milquetoasts have no opinion.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrclaim, to assert something one considers to be important

on the front burner

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

28 April 2014 - Florida has yet to deliver temperatures that are too hot for my tastes.  I have traded in my heavier winter coat, it is true, but I still love the heat.  To stretch out at porch edge, feel the breeze, listen to beep calls, is my idea of heaven.  I suspect my peeps are not as welcoming of summer, as I have overheard human grumbles and A/C rumbles...which is another reason why I am out here in unconditioned air.  Let the tree pollen fall on my head, and the humidity condense on my brow:  I won't complain as long as there is ample sunshine to soften my bones.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

To make a memorable

impression, exude warmth.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

 Catty Corner

film of the day - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, a sizzling 1959 performance nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Director

aged in oak

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

27 April 2014 - I have gathered that one of my predecessors had to be rescued, not once but twice, from a tree.  He sat up in its branches for three days before his meows were finally pinpointed.  Then, I am told, the tallest ladder and ropes and a duffle bag were needed to bring him back to earth.  Some of you might think that eventually he would have gotten himself out of that difficulty, but my peeps were unwilling to wait until he weakened from hunger and fell the forty feet.  Despite his questionable judgment, he lived into his twenties, a feat that I hope to duplicate.  My life definitely won't be shortened by a mad-hare climb into the clouds.  I have my self-imposed limits.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Aim high but keep your

feet on the ground.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrdicament, dilemma, an unpleasant situation that can shave a life off your years

heavy wears the crown

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

26 April 2014 - It is good to be king.  Compromise, done long enough and often enough, wears down the spirit and fosters resentment.  Benign dictatorship is often the form of government wished for, possibly because its rarity means that the concept hasn't been adequately, and widely, tested.  But here in our domicile I reign, with the well-being of my peeps foremost in my thoughts and actions.  And although my subjects tower above me, they bend low to give comfort.  Hey, it works for me...I mean us.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

 Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Keep your head above the rabble.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - grimalkin, an ill-tempered old female cat (and antonym for Calvin)

watering hole

Me-ow-my-oh!

 

Me-usings and Me-emories

25 April 2014 - A few days ago I was rambling about a cat's need to lap liquids, but don't you wish that you could do the same?  It is so pleasurable to stick one's head under a faucet and take in cool water.  Peeps have the choice of either slurping it from the sidelines or positioning the mouth so that the water pours into it (and hopefully not the nostrils).  Don't try that latter technique at an open fire hydrant or you'll drown!  You won't hear us making any guzzling noises to quench our thirst...so decorous we felines are.  I'm asking Santa for a motion-sensor faucet, because relying on peeps is not a working strategy.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Polluting our water sources

is so short-sighted.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

book of the day - The Devil in the Grove, by Gilbert King, all the more sobering because the events occurred in the adjacent county

la dolce vita

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

24 April 2014 - It isn't an exaggeration to say that I live a top-shelf life.  Things didn't start out so great:  I was a tiny stray kit whose existence depended upon bugs and anoles.  Those days are thankfully in the past as I probably would not have made it to my tenth birthday in the wild.  We may be chastised for our predation, but we certainly are not at the top of the food chain.  Now the hardest that I have to work is jumping onto the dryer for my kibbles...although that is, come to think of it, rather perverse of my peeps.







 

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

First-class or cattle car: 

is that really a choice?

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - supurrior, of an elite quality, such as the aura of a feline