No format. Streaming along at will and whim. I have trapped myself by feeding a rogue cat who stays in our neighborhood. He intimidates my cat and has taken up residence on our deck. My intentions were good. Not thought through but good. Tonight my cat came towards me and then ran away when he saw the other cat and we did this for about 20 minutes during which time I tried to stuff the rogue cat into a cat carrier to buy me some time to get my cat in the house. But...as might be expected, that cat would have no part of that cat carrier. The thought of the carrier did slow his roll a bit giving me just enough time to scoop up my cat and go inside.
Cats can go from regular flesh and bones to boneless with no form in about one second. When they go limp they slide from your arms in one fluid motion, land on the ground and walk off with a smug, shape-shifting grin on their mugs.
Or, and this is much the less desired one, they become a cat body with stiff, outstretched legs and claws extended. It is impossible to deal with them in this mode. This is the posture the rogue cat chose when I tried to put him into the cat carrier.
Cats aside, tongue in cheek, because they are never aside. It is diabolical to suggest that elderly people would benefit from the companionship of a cat. Cats have perfect timing. Mine casually stroll in front of my feet as I am walking through the house. I grab anything in sight to keep from falling and I give that cat a lecture. The cat's eyes get huge and his tail goes upright, swishing and swaying back and forth. There is no way this creature is hearing what I am saying to him. I don't think he cares because when he takes a notion, and he takes a notion often, he strolls into my path again.
There is information available with suggestions on how to give a cat a bath. Those directions are for super humans who have no fear. I am average and deeply respect the opinion of the cat on the subject of a bath. If necessary I could represent the cat in a court of feline peers. That is how much I am not planning on giving any cat, much less mine, a bath. Case closed.
Who knew I was going to talk about cats? A show of hands, please! Well, I sure didn't know it. I am always the last to know.
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