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Different Kinds of Coffee Mugs

6/12/2020

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One of my favorite poems that I've written is titled "Intermixing Coffee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day." This poem references the need to mix together different coffee mugs. The reality is that I have multiple kinds of cats and other decorations on my different coffee mugs. I also often mix them up, so the ones in the back are moved forward. As you can see from the picture in this posting, the mugs are black, white, blue, etc. The cats also are quite different. Some of the mugs are old, some are young, some have cat images, some have flower pictures, etc. I love the variety and the different colors.

Here is my poem "Intermixing Coffee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day," which is on page 14 of Holidays Amaze:
 
       The cupboard’s back space had black coffee cups:
       on hooks the cups were all hanging sadly
       in spots like slaves with no chance of hookups
       to some freedom of shifting forward free.
 
       The cupboard’s front space had coffee cups white:
       on wooden ground were they all standing straight
       with no hooks to keep them in spots unbright;
       at times, they’d even roll from cupboard’s gate.
 
       “I love Martin Luther King Junior’s speech:
       ‘I Have a Dream.’ He would never have placed
       his coffee cups like this.” A hand did reach
       and make the black and white cups interlaced.
 
       Like people on buses, the cups became free
       to intermix and taste of each other’s coffee.
 

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June is National Adopt-a-Cat Month.

6/5/2020

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Picture“D.C. Cat” is on page 131 of Amazing Holiday Paws.
I actually rescued the Flamepoint Siamese cat in the first picture of this blog posting when he was only three months old. He was probably left at the rescue center because he liked to scratch everything. I trained him how to just scratch cat toys and a few pieces of old furniture by taping aluminum foil to the places where he wanted to scratch, but where I didn't want him to scratch.
He then became the cat featured in the poem “Political scratches from D.C.’s Dreaming Cat on National Cat Day (October 29)” of Amazing Holiday Paws. This poem shows the viewpoint of a dreaming cat that is homeless in Washington, D.C. The cat’s name is D.C. (Dreaming Cat). Here is stanza six of a forty-two stanza poem that tells a story about D.C. cat interacting with politicians and other people:
          The Dreaming Cat jumped up and ran too fast
          in front of reporters doing a newscast;
          the Cat scratched a statue to keep its claws strong;
          a reporter yelled, “That cat’s scratches are wrong!”
                                                                       (Petit 135)

Picture“Smithsonian Institution Building (The Castle), Washington, D.C.” is on page 133 of Amazing Holiday Paws.

While dreaming, D.C. Cat fought with a politician who stuffed him into his briefcase; this cat also scratched, rested in front of, climbed upon, and jumped around on top of multiple D.C. museums, such as the Smithsonian Castle.
D.C. cat, just like my own cat that was the inspiration for a poem, likes to talk and connect to others. If D.C. Cat is listed on ballots this year, I wonder how many people would actually vote for him. :-)

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Happy Easter!

4/12/2020

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Normally, I get together with family members and my church family on Easter Sunday. This year, though, the Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in a need to get together with others through online video conferencing. My cats participated in my church's online worship service this morning. They heard the voices of new people, saw images of these people on my laptop's screen, and heard the music of a worship service. All three of them enjoyed this experience, and one of them kept on jumping up next to my laptop and rubbing against it. Seeing the loving actions of my cats, touching soft cat fur, and hearing the purrs of my cats during an Easter worship service in my home was a new experience for me and my cats. Love is always an essential part of Easter and every other day.

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Happy National Pet Day!

4/11/2020

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​Here's one of my most helpful and sweetest cats. He's a Flamepoint Siamese and very loving. I sometimes call him "Honey" because of his sweetness and color. A couple of days ago, while I was setting up my laptop for a conference at work, he kept bumping his head against me and my computer. Some people might think such interruptions are distracting, but I find them helpful. Especially during hard times, his actions help me to smile a lot. :-)
I rescued all three of my cats from rescue centers. The cat in this picture was about a year and a half old when he was rescued by Target employees and brought to the Taunton Animal Rescue. A few weeks later, he was all mine for only $200. :-)
I still find it tough to believe that such a loving, sweet cat did not have a home. Because he's so smart, I've often wondered if he escaped, rather than being dropped off somewhere.

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National Siamese Cat Day

4/6/2020

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The cat in this picture was one of my favorite cats. Like all Siamese cats, he was very smart. He used to jump up onto windowsills and doors. He also used to open cupboard doors and push dishes out. Yes, he broke multiple glasses and coffee mugs. I think his playfulness was partially because his polydactyl paws made him similar to some of the cats that were owned by Ernest Hemingway. The extra toes in his paws gave him the ability to move a part of his front paws like he had thumbs. He even used to try to turn the water faucets on.

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Working from Home

4/6/2020

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​I'll be working at home again tomorrow. While I'm working from home, my cats are often trying to figure out why I'm still at home. They also don't know what day of the week it is and cannot figure out why there's so little traffic on nearby roads. As usual, they are still very smart in many ways. They are helping each other, as well as myself. Their presence with purrs and love is sometimes distracting, but more often makes my home-work environment more positive.

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Cats Loving to View through Windows

4/4/2020

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​My pets love to look out the windows. They often see squirrels, birds, other cats, and me while I’m doing yard work. My cats’ views from windows are even more entertaining than when they’re watching TV. Yes, they sometimes do watch TV, especially if animal noises are a part of a show. While looking through windows, my cats and other animals communicate with each other through their body language. Most of the time, they appear interested in one another, rather than trying to attack each other. Some more examples of animal viewpoints are seen in the poetry of my just-released book: Amazing Holiday Paws.

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First Animal Blog Entry Showing the Importance of Paws

3/14/2020

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Leo, my favorite cat, won the cover design page of Amazing Holiday Paws. Leo is a perfect cat with lots of purrs, loving head bumps, and many loving cat actions. He's like a dog in some ways because he usually listens to what I tell him to do. While I had to take more than fifty pictures, several were nice ones for Amazing Holiday Paws. When I first rescued him from an animal rescue center, he walked right from the cage in the rescue center into the open door of my cat carrier. Then and now--he has always been nice with my other cats and loves to look at his and other cats' paws.

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