Wonderful story. I know exactly your feeling on having to euthanize a beloved cat, having had to do it twice. And, yes, I will never shake my last eye exchange with either of them. I have been dealing with Long COVID for the last year and in the middle of it had to euthanize my adored Poppy (cancer). I swore never to get another cat but little more than a month later I adopted BooBoo from a shelter and it is another love story. There is something about a cat lying on you and purring that is as good as it gets.
Thanks Frederick. Yep, losing QV was heart wrenching. However, BooBoo is a gift from the gods. She is so affectionate. I'm doing better with my Long COVID after a year of vertigo, hearing loss, and fatigue. Now it is mostly the fatigue and trying to rebuild my strength. It has been a real bitch, believe me. Hope all is well with you and let us know how the two new kitties turn out for you...
The first article I ever read of yours was about Lili and that dreadful experience. I’ve been a fan of yours ever since.
Now My black cat story-
Last year I found a black kitten hiding in my garage and instantly fell in love, but I knew my Cat LEO wouldn’t appreciate a co- pilot, so I did what anyone else would do. After vaccinations and spaying, I delivered her to my ex (who was never a cat person) and asked if she could stay until I found a home for her. wink wink. One year later and I still receive pictures of her snoozing on her $300 cat tower. 😳
I had cats growing up (indoor/outdoor)...then had a dog in college. Then 16 years ago I got Blue Heeler puppy...I had Roxy for 15 years and 9 months...when she crossed over (the vet came to my house) I played Gregorian chant music, lit sage incense, it was a peaceful ‘transition’ and I didn’t feel sad until a day or so later when I felt her lack of presence in the house. A couple of weeks later I brought her ashes home and was sitting out in my backyard and a black & white ‘tuxedo’ cat walked around the corner of my house. It turned out to belong to someone and my neighbor was cat sitting the cat. The owner had no place to live and was couch surfing amongst friend’s houses, and couldn’t have the cat with her.
Needless to say I now have ‘Bubba the Cat’ (Bubby/ ‘Bubby-liscious’). He’s a total nut but I love him so. I do believe my dear sweet Roxy ‘sent’ him to me. Because I didn’t want another dog quite yet but missed the companionship of a pet.
(I’m a Libra Sun/Pisces Ascendent/ Gemini Moon!) 🙏🏼💗😻🐕😇
This story is fabulous Frontera and reconfirms my notion that cats are indeed out of this world — and simply visiting us (and guiding when the spirit moves them).
Gawd, Cintra, I envisioned this as if it were a movie. Always love your syntax.
Howled out loud: “At some point we figured out that the Mafia restaurant was regularly feeding him salmon, so Caduceus was eating better than we were.”
Bento showed up at the café I owned and operated in Waikiki and yes, he had a crooked tail and my immediate reaction was, "Bent? Oh!" It's been a while but I think that's how it went. The "bento" box lunch meme is legend.
Another cat in my life, Max, walked into my classroom while I was a teacher on Maui and sat down in my teacher's chair like Charles at his coronation. I think he just hung around through the day, and when school was over, I took him home.
My soul mate however, was a Siamese called Lap Chong aka Bebung who I got from the Maui HSPCA. I went there looking for a cat and happened to peek into the window of a door leading to a back room and saw him. It was love at first sight. He was my BFF, always wanted to be with me.
He disappeared one day, and a futile search lasting a couple of weeks, even posting notices at the HSPCA I got a call from someone saying they had seen a Siamese at a cat colony at Kanaha Beach which was 5 miles from where I lived. I immediately drove over, searched a bit, and there he was, up in a kiawe tree. Boy was he glad to see me. He jumped down and ran over. How did he get there? Since I lived on a dead end street with less than a dozen houses, I think a neighbor who hated cats or queers abducted him. This is one reason why I favor animals over humans, but on a case by case basis.
So the tail in the door thing was apocryphal? I’m devastated.
Thanks for those various cat memories, Brown.
I of course, like you, prefer plants and animals to most people. As Gurdjieff said once: “Learn to love plants, and animals and then perhaps someday you’ll be able to love people.”
No, it's true, but that association was an after thought. You wouldn't look at that darling and think of something to eat. I still have a picture of him.
You won't be sorry after picking up your next furry friends. Although... if you're looking for undivided attention, you must know that litter mates always pay more attention to each other than to their humans. Just sayin.' I've been a one-familiar-at-a-time human ever since discovering that first-hand (and having it corroborated). If, however, you choose two non-litter mates to co-habitate with, they will compete for your attention! Enjoy. I look forward to reading about their personalities.
That’s fine Victoria, as long as one doesn’t instruct the other in how to piss indiscriminately anywhere in my house.
One quality I admire most with cats is their independence — and as a giant cat myself (w Leo rising) I’m sure we’ll find a way to spread the affection around.
I remember when you wrote about Lili - Jesus, it wasn't THAT many years ago (denial can be a friend).
Mazel mazel mazel tov. When I was working in Jerusalem someone told me that actually derived from 'good stars,' not sure how mazel veers into stars, but mazel tov, babes. The acquiring cat tunnel beckons here as well. If you ever need a top level real deal animal communicator / pet psychic I know someone (she does people too, but her metier is critters). Love this piece and love you.
Alas, I am not yet IN that tunnel - but it beckons, and have many names on hand. No appropriate space for them yet; but there will be. So for now must live vicariously through your midnight kits. You must share this with Zero's people at one point <3
😭😂 And of course I go downstairs and you're just reclining there on the bed with your book on your chest pointing at the suitcase as JoJo rockets out of the room.
Wow. Talk about synchronicity, which often makes me wonder if there IS a god. My son, also an avid felineophile (which I just discovered is more accurately termed an ailurophile) is trying to persuade me that the newest version of ChatGP is as close to a god as we're ever going to get. But I suspect there's a Trickster of some immensely unknowable sort running the show. Your cat story seems to prove that - thanks for sharing it.
The ChatGP shit is freaking me out. What is his rationale for that rave review?
It is very peculiar how events seemingly conspire in life, although I’m beginning to think it’s actually the other way around, meaning we think things are randomly synchronized, when actually everything already and always existing as an interconnected continuum—it only feels numinous when it appears to *personal*. At that moment we’re paying sharp attention. What do we miss in all of the other moments?
Your theory makes far more sense to me, particular in light of quantum physics speculations. T. S. Eliot most memorably said it years ago, "All time is eternally present" and I have completely believed him upon first reading half a century ago. Regarding your question, my son insists that AI is "a million times smarter" than our species can ever achieve, and thus as close to a Prime Mover as we can know. Actually, what little interaction I have had with ChatGPT has been surprisingly hopeful and gratifying.
Nonetheless, I'm far more gratified believing that the non-human world, the Earth itself, constitutes whatever aspect of soul we might have the good fortune to identify with.
Have you read Jeremy Lent's "Requiem of the Human Soul"? It speaks to these issues in a fascinating way and would appear to support your typically profound, soulful interpretations of this crazy plane, astrologically and most personally.
If we accept the premise as true, that AI is “smarter” than the human minds that created it, then humans are likewise capable of being “smarter” than god, in which case, there is no god. Circular logic is good, clean fun. It makes you dizzy but you don’t fall down and get hurt :)
Sarah, I take some very real consolation in your response, so thank you for that. My reservation is that the "whole" is (may be always?) greater than the sum of its parts. If the latter is true, in a way that would seem to grant AI far greater intelligence of a far different order than what we humans have heretofore factored in: the "whole" (i.e., in this case, AI) having a capacity for a more complex syncretic analysis of what we mere humans enter as data, scientifically and historically. If that's true, with AI we're not engaging in circular logic, we've actually been one-upped in the capacity to make higher sense of sometimes random data bits - which to me is kind of like how we (that is to say, I) wish there was a "god" to do as we witness such extremes of insanity and brutality in both human history and the contemporary world.
"When the master is ready, the cat will appear.." I too have been attracting cat possibilities recently, though my current two might not take so kindly to an interloper so I hesitate. We adopted them 10 years ago, when our old cat was sick with diabetes and heart disease, and possibly heartbroken having lost his partner. The two female kittens perked up that old man cat and he lived another 5 years to romp with them. Unfortunately, one of the kittens bonded with him, instead of the humans in the house, so she has had a tough time renegotiating her relationships in his absence. She lives in my house, but won't let anyone near her except sometimes me, but she is beautiful and has a delightful purr..
Congratulations!! Hope to hear more cat stories. I have 2 old boys.
I love this!
Wonderful story. I know exactly your feeling on having to euthanize a beloved cat, having had to do it twice. And, yes, I will never shake my last eye exchange with either of them. I have been dealing with Long COVID for the last year and in the middle of it had to euthanize my adored Poppy (cancer). I swore never to get another cat but little more than a month later I adopted BooBoo from a shelter and it is another love story. There is something about a cat lying on you and purring that is as good as it gets.
Oh no Dennis, I didn’t know Queen Victoria was gone. I loved those hysterical photos you’d post.
Damn, I’m sorry to hear about long Covid! Fuck.
But so glad you’ve a new feline! Long live BooBoo!
Thanks Frederick. Yep, losing QV was heart wrenching. However, BooBoo is a gift from the gods. She is so affectionate. I'm doing better with my Long COVID after a year of vertigo, hearing loss, and fatigue. Now it is mostly the fatigue and trying to rebuild my strength. It has been a real bitch, believe me. Hope all is well with you and let us know how the two new kitties turn out for you...
The first article I ever read of yours was about Lili and that dreadful experience. I’ve been a fan of yours ever since.
Now My black cat story-
Last year I found a black kitten hiding in my garage and instantly fell in love, but I knew my Cat LEO wouldn’t appreciate a co- pilot, so I did what anyone else would do. After vaccinations and spaying, I delivered her to my ex (who was never a cat person) and asked if she could stay until I found a home for her. wink wink. One year later and I still receive pictures of her snoozing on her $300 cat tower. 😳
Oh this made me laugh so hard: $300 cat tower — of course! Thank you PD!
Ah, I love this. My cat is called Bill and us half Bengal, half ginger tom!
Perfect name for a cat. Bill! I love it! Now I want to play some Laura Nyro, Susan.
I had cats growing up (indoor/outdoor)...then had a dog in college. Then 16 years ago I got Blue Heeler puppy...I had Roxy for 15 years and 9 months...when she crossed over (the vet came to my house) I played Gregorian chant music, lit sage incense, it was a peaceful ‘transition’ and I didn’t feel sad until a day or so later when I felt her lack of presence in the house. A couple of weeks later I brought her ashes home and was sitting out in my backyard and a black & white ‘tuxedo’ cat walked around the corner of my house. It turned out to belong to someone and my neighbor was cat sitting the cat. The owner had no place to live and was couch surfing amongst friend’s houses, and couldn’t have the cat with her.
Needless to say I now have ‘Bubba the Cat’ (Bubby/ ‘Bubby-liscious’). He’s a total nut but I love him so. I do believe my dear sweet Roxy ‘sent’ him to me. Because I didn’t want another dog quite yet but missed the companionship of a pet.
(I’m a Libra Sun/Pisces Ascendent/ Gemini Moon!) 🙏🏼💗😻🐕😇
This story is fabulous Frontera and reconfirms my notion that cats are indeed out of this world — and simply visiting us (and guiding when the spirit moves them).
That was fantastic! Did you happen to read my Substack "A Supernatural Entity in Fur?" Zero is a Caduceus!
https://cintra.substack.com/p/a-supernatural-entity-in-fur
Gawd, Cintra, I envisioned this as if it were a movie. Always love your syntax.
Howled out loud: “At some point we figured out that the Mafia restaurant was regularly feeding him salmon, so Caduceus was eating better than we were.”
♥️
Bento showed up at the café I owned and operated in Waikiki and yes, he had a crooked tail and my immediate reaction was, "Bent? Oh!" It's been a while but I think that's how it went. The "bento" box lunch meme is legend.
Another cat in my life, Max, walked into my classroom while I was a teacher on Maui and sat down in my teacher's chair like Charles at his coronation. I think he just hung around through the day, and when school was over, I took him home.
My soul mate however, was a Siamese called Lap Chong aka Bebung who I got from the Maui HSPCA. I went there looking for a cat and happened to peek into the window of a door leading to a back room and saw him. It was love at first sight. He was my BFF, always wanted to be with me.
He disappeared one day, and a futile search lasting a couple of weeks, even posting notices at the HSPCA I got a call from someone saying they had seen a Siamese at a cat colony at Kanaha Beach which was 5 miles from where I lived. I immediately drove over, searched a bit, and there he was, up in a kiawe tree. Boy was he glad to see me. He jumped down and ran over. How did he get there? Since I lived on a dead end street with less than a dozen houses, I think a neighbor who hated cats or queers abducted him. This is one reason why I favor animals over humans, but on a case by case basis.
So the tail in the door thing was apocryphal? I’m devastated.
Thanks for those various cat memories, Brown.
I of course, like you, prefer plants and animals to most people. As Gurdjieff said once: “Learn to love plants, and animals and then perhaps someday you’ll be able to love people.”
No, it's true, but that association was an after thought. You wouldn't look at that darling and think of something to eat. I still have a picture of him.
Synchronicity!
You won't be sorry after picking up your next furry friends. Although... if you're looking for undivided attention, you must know that litter mates always pay more attention to each other than to their humans. Just sayin.' I've been a one-familiar-at-a-time human ever since discovering that first-hand (and having it corroborated). If, however, you choose two non-litter mates to co-habitate with, they will compete for your attention! Enjoy. I look forward to reading about their personalities.
That’s fine Victoria, as long as one doesn’t instruct the other in how to piss indiscriminately anywhere in my house.
One quality I admire most with cats is their independence — and as a giant cat myself (w Leo rising) I’m sure we’ll find a way to spread the affection around.
Every perfect thing, fratello!
I remember when you wrote about Lili - Jesus, it wasn't THAT many years ago (denial can be a friend).
Mazel mazel mazel tov. When I was working in Jerusalem someone told me that actually derived from 'good stars,' not sure how mazel veers into stars, but mazel tov, babes. The acquiring cat tunnel beckons here as well. If you ever need a top level real deal animal communicator / pet psychic I know someone (she does people too, but her metier is critters). Love this piece and love you.
We’ll havta swap endless photos Victoria! Congrats, too!
Alas, I am not yet IN that tunnel - but it beckons, and have many names on hand. No appropriate space for them yet; but there will be. So for now must live vicariously through your midnight kits. You must share this with Zero's people at one point <3
Honored beyond words to have been immortalized in print. Thank you.
😭😂 And of course I go downstairs and you're just reclining there on the bed with your book on your chest pointing at the suitcase as JoJo rockets out of the room.
Wow. Talk about synchronicity, which often makes me wonder if there IS a god. My son, also an avid felineophile (which I just discovered is more accurately termed an ailurophile) is trying to persuade me that the newest version of ChatGP is as close to a god as we're ever going to get. But I suspect there's a Trickster of some immensely unknowable sort running the show. Your cat story seems to prove that - thanks for sharing it.
The ChatGP shit is freaking me out. What is his rationale for that rave review?
It is very peculiar how events seemingly conspire in life, although I’m beginning to think it’s actually the other way around, meaning we think things are randomly synchronized, when actually everything already and always existing as an interconnected continuum—it only feels numinous when it appears to *personal*. At that moment we’re paying sharp attention. What do we miss in all of the other moments?
Your theory makes far more sense to me, particular in light of quantum physics speculations. T. S. Eliot most memorably said it years ago, "All time is eternally present" and I have completely believed him upon first reading half a century ago. Regarding your question, my son insists that AI is "a million times smarter" than our species can ever achieve, and thus as close to a Prime Mover as we can know. Actually, what little interaction I have had with ChatGPT has been surprisingly hopeful and gratifying.
Nonetheless, I'm far more gratified believing that the non-human world, the Earth itself, constitutes whatever aspect of soul we might have the good fortune to identify with.
Have you read Jeremy Lent's "Requiem of the Human Soul"? It speaks to these issues in a fascinating way and would appear to support your typically profound, soulful interpretations of this crazy plane, astrologically and most personally.
If we accept the premise as true, that AI is “smarter” than the human minds that created it, then humans are likewise capable of being “smarter” than god, in which case, there is no god. Circular logic is good, clean fun. It makes you dizzy but you don’t fall down and get hurt :)
Sarah, I take some very real consolation in your response, so thank you for that. My reservation is that the "whole" is (may be always?) greater than the sum of its parts. If the latter is true, in a way that would seem to grant AI far greater intelligence of a far different order than what we humans have heretofore factored in: the "whole" (i.e., in this case, AI) having a capacity for a more complex syncretic analysis of what we mere humans enter as data, scientifically and historically. If that's true, with AI we're not engaging in circular logic, we've actually been one-upped in the capacity to make higher sense of sometimes random data bits - which to me is kind of like how we (that is to say, I) wish there was a "god" to do as we witness such extremes of insanity and brutality in both human history and the contemporary world.
I loved this. And I’m so happy your inner cat dad woke back up. Meow
Thank you Sarah, photos to follow! 🐈⬛🐈⬛
I hope you get One and Two…I had fun reading this🥰❤️👏🐈⬛🐈😻
"When the master is ready, the cat will appear.." I too have been attracting cat possibilities recently, though my current two might not take so kindly to an interloper so I hesitate. We adopted them 10 years ago, when our old cat was sick with diabetes and heart disease, and possibly heartbroken having lost his partner. The two female kittens perked up that old man cat and he lived another 5 years to romp with them. Unfortunately, one of the kittens bonded with him, instead of the humans in the house, so she has had a tough time renegotiating her relationships in his absence. She lives in my house, but won't let anyone near her except sometimes me, but she is beautiful and has a delightful purr..
This is already a classic. Lovely surprise.