A final thought, in magnetic poetry:
And the newest standings from my transplant center, according to UNOS are: Total Liver: 419 Liver Status 7 (Inactive): 44 Liver MELD / PELD <10: 249 Liver MELD / PELD 11-18: 111 Liver MELD / PELD 19-24: 13 Liver MELD / PELD 25+: 2 I don’t think it’s worth my time waiting up nights for…
Tuesday, April 16th, Dar Williams is coming to my area. I purchased tickets months for this months ago, the same day they announced she was coming. I got two tickets, one for me and one for The Socialist, who is willing to sit through the concert even though he doesn’t much care for her music….
I just received this e-mail: > Just announced on the radio … > The U.S. has asked that everyone step out on their lawns tonight at 10:30 > (10:30 EASTERN TIME…. 9:30 Central, 8:30 Mountain, 7:30 Pacific) and > light a candle. They will be taking a satellite picture of the U.S. and > posting…
The robins have returned to my winter-stricken version of Capistrano. They say it is bad luck if you see your first robin of the season on the ground; “A robin on the wing brings good luck through the spring”, or something like that. I saw perhaps half a dozen of them on the ground yesterday…
Rufus Wainwright sings to me of “Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk” and then moves on to “Across the Universe”. Jai guru deva om… Dar Williams sings my anthem “Spring Street”. She attempts to empower me with “I won’t be Your Yoko Ono” and then reminds me of humility in “Calling the Moon.” Christine Lavin gets me…
August, 2010 I made an entry called “Batless Belfry ” (opens in new window). Anybody remember? Well, it’s still happening, folks. I saw a grand total of two bats all summer, in an area where I used to be able to spot dozens in the summer twilight. The National Speleological Society has a good summary…
Perhaps a parable about cats??
🙂
I was once the animal warden of this tiny village. In one month I trapped 90 feral cats living in one colony. I, too, knew it meant doom for those cats and I hated to do it. The flip side was, most of them were showing signs of URI, they were all underweight, and they were making a terrible mess of the neighborhood. I looked at the risk to "owned" cats in the neighborhood (there are no leash laws for cats in this county), the fact that these cats were using peoples gardens for their litterboxes and decided it was the absolute best thing I could do. I still felt horrible about it. *sigh*. I am sure that colony originated from someone who didn’t have their cat spayed. Makes you want to hurt people, doesn’t it?
I had to look up the word feral… It’s much easier for everyone else to resist the darling kitty…when they know, as we knew, you’d take care of it.
Good luck finding her a home!
~QE
I look forward to the fable – if you don’t put it into your diary, pls let me know where I may be able to read it.
Thank you for your comments.
The supposed NO quotes to were lame. And I wonder if Goethe’s has been translated poorly?
Darling wee Dekyi. Beautiful poem *smile*
thub
Shame on Sharon for dumping you like that!
I’m smiling wide and I’m keeping my lips sealed because the "I knew it" is trying to find a way out. Seriously though, I didn’t know it, I was worried. Hoped that you might keep her or keep her until you find her a new home, but wasn’t sure because you never mentioned the possibility. Good for dear little Dekyi.
i run into my building so that i don’t hear it if one of the 2 dogs roaming the streets by itself every evening gets hit by a car. the street in front of my apartment building is non-stop traffic. people will never learn that:
1. you always supervise your pet(s) when they are outdoors
2. use a lead when walking your dog, keeps them alive longer.
i’m still holding out hope someone here will take the kitten.