SAID THE CAT: December 2021

Friday, December 31, 2021

365 Days Come to a Close

Good news: My iPad and Apple pen came in the mail today. Even better news: I downloaded Procreate and got it all to work.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

Monday, December 20, 2021

"Where have you been?" Toby exclaimed when I came through the gate to the yard. "I thought maybe you got run over by a car and I'd never see you again." He wound himself around my ankles a couple of times.

Little did he know I've been scared that that would happen to him, given that the farm lies on a pretty heavily traveled road. But he still seems to stay away from the road and vehicles.

"No," I said, "I'm careful crossing the road. But to explain, I tried to post something on November 18th but it just said, 'Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.' That's when my mind crawled under the bed. With all the catastrophes going on everywhere, it couldn't tell the difference between science fiction and what's happening in our world."

"So, you let your mind rest," he said. "I used to like going under a bed back in our condo days. Did you ask your mind if it was comfortable under there?"

"Yes, and mostly it was, but it needed a blanket."

"Yeah, I love my blankets to curl up with," he said.

"Well, I'm glad you understand."

"Did you see any mice or rats while you were under the bed?" he asked.

"Eww, no!"

"Oh well. Then I didn't miss out on anything."

Then he asked, "What made your mind come out from under the bed? You know the catastrophes we talked about last summer are worse--no where near better."

"Well, the under-bed-rest seemed to do it some good because this morning it rolled back out and said it was ready to stand up and take on the world. Then it did a little foot shuffle dance and made some Rocky-style fist jabs."

"Well, I'm glad you got your mind back." He went on, "Speaking of coming back, Aidan is back home from Cincinnati for Christmas break and brought along his cello. So, I hear music coming from the house again. I sort of miss when it sounded like a conservatory that first year and a half of the pandemic. It was peaceful."

I said. "Oh, and I heard Keoni is maybe back again from the West Coast where he was in a music competition. I'll play a part of it for you that's on YouTube. He got a prize for an arrangement of Tosca he made for viola and piano."

Toby asked, "Did that young woman, Umi, play it with him. I like when they play music together."

"Yes, she played. So let's go now to the Arts Desk and see what they did...