I like Las Vegas and when there I play the “Coyotes,” a fun game that iminates a low slow whistle when hit. During a recent business trip I spent some time looking for the Coyotes game and a few hotels. Tired and literally spent from a number of things I settled for “Wolf Run,” and promptly won a couple of hundred dollars in the process. The next day I spotted one “Coyote” game machine. I played. I lost. In Vegas they say when you break even you’ve won. I guess I won. A win-win situation for me and the Coyotes.
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Snowy Day in the Nation’s Capital
DATELINE: Washington
Time: Well morning, CCL and Roxie are with me(grandma human) this weekend. There has been a lot of snuggling. Jean Claude for the most part has managed to stay in the house. However, he did break front of my front blinds.
We finally got more than a bit of snow in Washington. Mostly it’s gone now.
Jean Claude Inspecting the Snow Fall
The Sass is Back
Most of you know that Roxie and Jean Claude no longer reside with me on a permanent basis. At first when I would visit CCL’s house there were clear signs Roxie, the Japanese bobtail missed me – if I took a nap on CCL’s sofa, she would sleep on top of me. She came to greet me as does Jean Claude, the black Bombay who thinks he a dog, as soon as I opened the door to CCL’s house. Once situated she started to come around after I had been in my daughter’s house for awhile, a low herself to be petted and rubbed and then proceed to prowl and walk around as if she were queen of the manor. At some point Roxie was not herself for a couple of days, she refiused to come downstairs and was tender when picked up, perhaps a set back following her surgery last fall but the last few days I went to visit her she seemed to be her old self – Queen of the Manor.
CCL and I recently went to the Sachal Vasandani , – A Chicago-born jazz singer of Indian descent – amazing. Sachal’s “Eyes Wide Open-Naked As We Came” truly fits the “Rhythm of Roxie.”
New and Different
Roxie and Jean Claude seem to finally be getting settled at CCL’s house. It has been a tough transition for me and for Roxie I suspect who still gives me looks of longing whenever I visit her at CCL’s house. But everything must change and if we allow it things change for the better. It’s a balancing act really – I heard an inspirational message “Don’t let your past determine your future – press on.” Certainly we’ve all faced some challenges in 2011 but we are blessed that 2012 is here. Me, I’m looking forward to visiting Roxie and Jean Claude often.
It’s Official
Jean Claude, the black Bombay and Roxie, the Japanese bobtail are no longer semi-permanent residents of my house. They reside full-time with CCL They joined my other family members and friends for a lovely Christmas Day feast which included roast beef, chicken and an awesome chocolate cake made from scratch by CCL. Later after all the guests left Roxie emerged from her spot behind the living room sofa, a sofa, I must add that used to be mine. Much, much later Jean Claude jumped from the top of the electric fireplace to the ground, knocking down candles and causing a small disturbance before retiring to his spot in the basement.
Cats & All That ™ 