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The Devil Cat made me do it
I’ve had some interesting relationships with cats. Here are some of those stories
Swamping Out
I decided to use a corner of my greenhouse for carving years ago. I wanted a pleasant place to work. My basement shop was dank and dark. Well, like the camel, I gradually nosed further and further into the space. At first, in an unplanned ad hoc fashion, just a single box of tools and one small…
Pensive Puppy
I have to think about this. Father just told me that there may be new kitties in the house sometime soon, and I’ll be their older brother. He said I’ll be the one to teach them how things work in the house. It’s such a great responsibility; what to teach them first?I know. “This is…
Flashback Friday – Soundtrack for Violence
originally published in August of 2020 Sound Track for Violence A shelter for cats I’m familiar with plays music to calm and entertain the felines and two-legged staff. Researchers have composed music that they say cats appreciate. I knew this years ago. My current cat Xenia could care less about what your mp3 player is…
Jumper
Father accused me of being churlish. The $95 charge to poison control was the issue. I can’t help that they left those wonderful nuts out where I could reach them. I was still licking out the container when Dad got home. Yum. They were almost as good as the chocolate fudge coffee brownies I ate…
Filet
I am very easy. My go-to comfort food is vanilla ice cream with fresh blueberries, nuts, and homemade maple syrup. But I lived for many years with a cat whose preference in comfort food was rare thin sliced roast beef. Clancy J. Bumps ( technically, there should be an umlaut over the U) would do…
War Games
I rarely play board games anymore. But years ago, they were a primary way for me to set my mind free of the stress of grad school. Daily life was reading hundreds of pages of ethnography, analysis, theoretical writings, classes, and working on the assigned projects. From September to late May, there was no time…
Cats and Dogs
I grew up in a household where the cat and the dog formed a powerful duo dedicated to theft. Typically the two cordially occupied different parts of the house and minimally associated, but put something on the table they mutually desired, and it was the Mission Impossible team. The classic mission was when my godmother…
Clancy J Bumps, ABD
It’s not a lie. My cat Clancy, AKA the Grey Menace, attended Boston University. OK, it’s true that he never matriculated, paid tuition, and never “walked” to receive a degree, but attend he did. He probably participated in more anthropology lectures than any other cat ever. And that includes vocally protesting when he felt the…
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