all-day succor

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

9 December 2018 - Yes, I have several allotments of curiosity, but as the domicile guard, unattended bags are subject to search... and seizure if they smell appealing.  This bag was deemed uninteresting, but I will make no such assumptions about the next one.  As the local representative of Tomcat Security Administration, I must remain objective with an air of superior aloofness (the latter I can pull off in my sleep).  However my peeps know my yogurt bias... I must rely on their integrity to withhold overt bribes (the other sort will be quietly accepted).

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Dim deeps should not be

carried about in purses.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrtected, feeling safe (we should all be so lucky)

seek and we will collide

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

8 December 2018 - December can be an overwhelming month:  visitors, family, obligations, debts.  When I don't want reality to find me, I give myself a few minutes of solitude.  The exact amount depends upon my level of stress and how resilient my psyche.  My peeps recognize and respect this strategy (perhaps because they employ it as well), so my time-out is undisturbed and quite effective.  Eventually I am able to face the world again, with purr-box restored to working order.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Cultivate a tough hide.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrtner, a peep purrmitted into a cat's inner sanctum

a distress pall

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

7 December 2018 - I am a bit horrified that the shorter peep was actually watching a video of very dim deeps dressed in holiday attire.  Can the perpetrator who staged this nonsense be punished (or at least reprimanded to a corner)?  Is the two-minute loop supposed to be funny, pitiful, mindless?  My only comment is that you would never catch me in a wagon wearing a Santa hat, just so the voyeuristic world could snicker... actually you would have to catch me (good luck with that) and sedate me and tie me down.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Laugh at yourself

for a change.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - purrthetic, rightfully upsetting, e.g., a cold cat without a lap

purrpetual purrmotion

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

6 December 2018 - If you can't beat it, join it... at least temporarily (and without purring in contentment).  I was pleased to realize that this ledge hasn't moved beyond my leap, although the shorter peep thankfully missed the final scramble.  After expending that much effort I feel it necessary to remain here longer than I'd like, perhaps rest up for my next bit of calisthenics.  During the holidays one is apt to consume more calories than are burned, and I intend to remain in my trim form... getting winded during a guard-duty sprint conveys the wrong message.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Getting older is hard work.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - regimeown, a prescribed means of enjoying nine lives

rat defied

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

5 December 2018 - The rocking of the boat gets worse when I close my eyes!  And staying awake, as you know, is a definite hardship.  My kind were taken aboard long voyages, our presence guaranteeing the heave-ho to rodent stowaways... and on a craft with close quarters, no one wishes to share his space with a food-stealing and disease-carrying pest.  I much prefer solid ground beneath my paws, but probably could have adapted to a salt's life (and may not have been given a choice).  To feel needed is a good thing, but, speaking for myself, to be left alone is equally desirable.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Not all work is dignified.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - meowsketeer, a member of the nick-the-mouse club

coy pawned

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

4 December 2018 - I am only ten feet from the scene of yesterday's picture, but what a different story my body English tells:  receptive vs. secretive, relaxed vs. prowling, cute vs. dangerous.  And that exposed tail  completely changes the interpretation.  If I really wished to go undetected, it would have been tucked beneath the curtain; instead, it is peep bait.  Who dares to approach, who dares to pull it?  And what mayhem will burst from hiding?  Without uttering a word, I have posed a be-brave challenge.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Don't forget to play.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - cocattish, making a purrtense in order to allure

kind for a day

Me-ow-my-oh!

Me-usings and Me-emories

3 December 2018 - The point of a weekend, I surmise, is to allow the worker some personal time to work on pressing matters at home.  In early December that could mean joining the mall crowds, standing in the kitchen for long hours, finding/decorating a tree, wrapping presents... and the list continues.  There is little surprise, with all this busyness crammed into two days, that one might need a day off to recover from the weekend.  I think that is a perfect use for Mondays.

methodology of the meow-stro

 

 

 

Today's Catechism 

(for the self-taught)

Give yourself a present.

Bring back Bastet

Bastet beckons

Catty Corner

word of the day - catsiderate, thoughtful of others (expecting they will return the favors)