Jean Claude at Christmas
Jean Claude likes to curl up under the live Christmas tree at my house. He just goes and sits under the tree and sleeps. Roxie prefers to sit on the sofa and watch the tree for the most part. Really this is the first year they’ve done this…lots has changed this year.
The other day a friend dropped off a gift in the dead of night. I opened the door to retrieve it, and unbeknownst to me Roxie flew out the front door. The next morning I noticed she was not in my face asking for her breakfast. Where is Roxie?? I placed an anxious call to a relaxed but sleepy CCL. I then decided to go out the front door after hearing the fant cries of a cat. Sure enough Roxie was on my neighbor Bonnie’s porch (home of JC’s pal the dog ‘Six’). Roxie was crying for her life to be let in that house. I stood at the fence where she noticed me and raced down the steps, still not sure how she could get out of this predicament. Shortly thereafter, I opened the gate and scooped her up and walked with her back to my house. ( and yes she was a bit fussy). Once inside my house Roxie went straight for food and resumed her spot on the ottoman, watching the world.
Very funny and very obvious. Anger is an emotion we all experience. An unpleasant emotion yet a necessary one to expel the poisons that can inflict the soul. There are those who contain their anger as if it is something wrong in expessing it openly. So much hidden anger. As a cook I am aware that even a pot of food on simmer will eventually come to a boil. But there are a lot of flame throwers out there. People say things that are cloaked in thinly diguised rage. The veiled compliment. The query about your weight, height, sex, male friend or work life – with the added “You look tired. ” The poisonous fake concern. I am lucky that there are people (and animals) in my life with healthy dispositions and a sense of self. It is important to surround oneself with TRUE people who express themselves. People who are positive but let you know where you stand with them good or bad. As humans we get on each others nerves but conflict is necessary. Ultimately true friends lift the spirits. Those who care ,whether close friends or business associates, offer more with the candor in their everyday conversation than the curtain of a smile.
Cats & All That ™ 