{"id":155,"date":"2018-03-17T23:56:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T02:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/perspective\/?p=155"},"modified":"2018-08-03T00:33:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-03T03:33:15","slug":"the-cat-says-make-the-snow-go-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aerendel.ca\/perspective\/2018\/03\/17\/the-cat-says-make-the-snow-go-away\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cat Says, “Make The Snow Go Away-“"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday, March 17, 2018\u00a0 —> -10\u02daC \/ +13\u02daF in the dark and clear atmosphere @ 11:11 pm in Atlantic Canada, on Cousin Ricky { Patrick } Conroy’s birthday \ud83d\ude42 —<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Moe\"

– Moe’s got his nose in the planter where he just finished off most of the cat grass and catnip –<\/p><\/div>\n

— That’s three and four feet deep waves\/dunes of snow outside Moe’s insulated window – Once a day he goes to the door and stares at one or both of us until we open the door, then he stares out at the snow and finally turns, looking heart-broken, with a desperate, “Make it go away-” look and something close to disillusionment behind his sadness, looks like he’s wondering what he needs humans for if we can’t magically make the snow go away and his wonderful green world appear\u00a0 where it should be – Ya Know?<\/p>\n

\"Moe

– One of Moe’s “Make it go away-” looks –<\/p><\/div>\n

— Moe was called “a cat and a half” by a friend near Ottawa – But that is a lot of fur around a lot of cat there –<\/p>\n

\"Plants

– Happy Plants – Basking in sunshine –<\/p><\/div>\n

— The plants on our porch – patiently wait for warm weather when they can go outside and happily bask in the same sunshine Moe wants around him – but they don’t whine and complain the way he does.<\/p>\n

\"Eslyn

– Meanwhile – over the border in our game world –<\/p><\/div>\n

— We had several of us corroborate on how to make a waterfall without a five or six thousand dollar graphics package. ‘Eslyn’ here loves the results.<\/p>\n

\"Eslyn

– Eslyn posing with the ‘Exploded Rock Falls’ she helped clean up this evening. –<\/p><\/div>\n

— About once a day even I wonder if getting this game world up in working order may be too lofty a goal. But then – A fresh face like ‘Eslyn’s ( Who was with us in like, um, 2012 but recently returned – ) shows up and goes, “Oh wow – This is great, I think I can fix your little problem there —” ) and gets it done.<\/p>\n

~~~~~ Jim<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday, March 17, 2018\u00a0 —> -10\u02daC \/ +13\u02daF in the dark and clear atmosphere @ 11:11 pm in Atlantic Canada, on Cousin Ricky { Patrick } Conroy’s birthday \ud83d\ude42 — — That’s three and four feet deep waves\/dunes of snow outside Moe’s insulated window – Once a day he goes\u2026<\/p>\n

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