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I have found a truly delightful website (Dear Janit dot com) – especially delightful if you are a cat person. You will find it here.
I like cats, have often owned cats (yes, I did say owned because I can speak, write, and have opposable thumbs and the fact that any specific cat never acknowledged my ownership is of no consequence.) Mostly, though, I like dogs. I like dogs because you can walk them. Frequently, they listen to you … especially if you have treats in your pocket. They are of equal cuteness to cats when young, and I would rather put my hand in a plastic bag and pick up poo than have a box of poo in my house that I must rake and weed every day or smell the consequences.
At the Dear Janit website Crispin writes little letters to her cat Janit. They are perfect. So, in the spirit of communicating with one’s pets, I offer “Dear Chaz”.
Rabbit Killer
Dear Chaz,
You know how delighted I am that you live with us. Delighted. I think you are so cute and you really do understand a lot of things quickly.
I just want to mention your rabbit. Not that this is a criticism, just that there is room for improvement. Humping a large stuffed rabbit in the kitchen when it is just us (your 2-legged owners and your 4-legged brother-nemesis-love) is acceptable. When grandma comes for lunch you should leave the rabbit where we stuffed it in your crate.
And, while I’m mention your rabbit, I could point out that I’m a wee bit tired of picking up rabbit guts. Also, if you continue with your eviscerating ways, the rabbit will not be much fun to hump – publicly or privately.
Love always, Caitlyn
Cough Cough
According to Louise Hay, one of the early gurus of mind-body-emotion connection, coughing signals change. The one who coughs is either resisting change or embracing change. Or, maybe she is “barking at the world: look at me!”
This kind of simplistic cause-effect list of ailments and their mental, spiritual, emotional meaning seems impossible or possible insofar [...]
Forgive Me
Forgive me but I get impatient with people talking about forgiveness and stillness and general denial of our messy humanness.
I can forgive, generally speaking. I truly believe everyone is doing the best they can under the current circumstances of their life. However, I do not think forgiveness is always necessary.
It is necessary to work on [...]
*uck & *ove
Nope, not another post full of swearing. This is about luck. Seems a lot of people are down on luck. Possibly down on their luck but more like philosophically opposed to luck. They say giving credit to luck means you aren’t taking responsibility for your own life and actions.
To me luck (and it is [...]
Just a little apology for my absence. A lot of absence. Used to be I blogged every day – for almost 2 years. Then, I thought every 2nd day was enough of me in the ether. Now, the plan is twice a week unless there is stuff I should just write.
But that plan has gone to [...]
Happy New Year!
And, happy it is! I can breathe – after almost 2 weeks. I can talk … with only a slightly sexy rasp. When I’m not coughing like I’m in the midst of a quit smoking regimen!
I walked the dogs for half an hour. Amazingly, I could feel it just a little in my hips [...]
Crazy Creative
Cognitive disinhibition may be the key to some of the most creative, weird, eccentric thoughts and behaviours people have. It is a factor in schizophrenia – the inability to filter irrelevant input. In schizophrenia it might lead to delusions and hallucinations. A lesser manifestation is the seriously creative person. An even lesser manifestation is the [...]
Gang Leader
Reading Gang Leader for a Day, by Sudhir Venkatesh.
Sudhir is a naive Californian going to school in Chicago and, somewhat accidentally, finding himself doing a sociology project that doesn’t reduce well to numbers/statistics.
Even at the beginning, I am wondering if it isn’t going to be a progression like this: naive, fascinated, appalled, fascinated, admiring in [...]
Burlesque
Santa Baby Burlesque
Yup. I do burlesque dancing. Me and burlesque go together like fishnets and salmon.
I know, I know, you’re thinking strippers and I’m making fish jokes. But, seriously, originally, burlesque was about comedy, parody, making fun of serious musical or literary works, and just generally making people laugh at what was considered “high art”.
From the [...]
Donations are great. Friendship is better.
On December 8th, The Left Coast wrote a piece on poverty that was inspired by a CBC Radio special. You can read it here. This has inspired me to also write something about poverty.
The final thought from Left was about systemic poverty and the efficacy of making donations to individuals or organizations [...]
Dessert First
Cheesecake
If only all Professional Development were so self-serving! October’s self-directed day of reading and surfing all the places I’ve “been meaning to get to” turned up a delicious fact: it is better to eat your dessert first. Better for your brain.
Perfect. Dad and I have always believed this to be the case. Until now [...]
“So do it. Reduce my pension. Make me poor, since I don’t qualify for Social Security. Make my medicine unaffordable. Make my raise contingent upon proof that my art lessons somehow improved state math scores. Continue firing at my feet to see how long you can make me dance. It still won’t change the fact that [...]
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