We had one cat that used to take my shirts off their hangers; another that liked lettuce; one that like to sit in the middle of a work-in-progress jigsaw puzzle, without playing with the pieces; another that liked to play with straight pins. Cats! Always different, always fun …
the cat curls
against my body –
central heating
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the cats
get their annual shots –
Halloween
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child playing
with cat —
skip-rope
the last haiku was first published in Lynx
To Bethlehem: ‘This little book is delightful, full of … poems on this timeless subject. … the most fun is the little prose vignettes of the common people in the Christ-child story. The slave who looks after the wise men’s camels, or the overworked maid at the inn who has to fetch water for the birth, and many more. A lovely gift for the reader on your Christmas list!’ Rosalind Adams. Available from Amazon and Kindle.
Had cats all my life except now; our latest died this past Christmas at almost 20, still miss him.
Alice, our current cat, is 17 and beginning to have aging troubles. We always miss our pets.