Precious little time

"Any idiot can face a crisis,

it is this day-to-day living

that wears you out."

~Anton Chekhov
1860-1905

Taking some time off to rest and regroup.

Beauty is everlasting

Beauty is everlasting.

And dust is for a time.

~Marianne Moore

1887-1972

Like a river running through

Photo by Jason Neuswanger

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"These days, she says, I feel my life

Just like a river running through

the year of the cat."

~Al Stewart and Peter Wood

from The Year of the Cat, 1976

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Roses for Kia

Kia at eight weeks.

My beautiful Tortoiseshell cat Kia died December 9, 2003. Her name is a Polynesian word with many meanings, and I named her long before an automobile model by that name came into existence. After returning from the South Pacific, I saw her at a local shelter. I happened to come along on the same day she had been put up for adoption and knew immediately that I wanted to take her home. I adopted Kia on the spot; she was too little to be in a cage all by herself. She lived to the age of 15 and, had she not succumbed to lung cancer, would have lived many more years. Kia was a rare beauty and she stands out in my memory as quintessentially feline, fierce yet dainty and ultra curious. Since adopting two Tortoiseshell sisters last summer I think of her often and I miss her. See the posting from December 8, 2008 for more about her.

You Will Find Your Way

Rise, let us see you,

Dawning is the day,

Miss, misty meadow,

You will find your way,

Wake up in the morning to yourself and leave this crazy life behind you.

Listen, we're trying to find you.

Flow to the sea,

You know where to go,

Still we are free,

No one tells the wind which way to blow.

Wake up in the morning to yourself,

Open your eyes and start to be you.

Listen, we think we can see you.

~from Dawning is The Day

by Justin Hayward

of The Moody Blues

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