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December Daily: cats
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rhi -- cats.Been looking forward to this one!
My Aunt Bet lived with her husband out in the country in the bend of a creek, and she fed (but did not neuter or otherwise look after) a huge and various cast of barn cats, who would wander the woods killing water mocassins and leaving them on the porch as gifts, and every now and then squeeze into a hollow back porch step and have a litter of kittens.
These were the half-feral children of half-feral mothers, so getting them to interact with you was a challenge but not impossible. I distinctly remember Aunt Bet telling little five-year-old me, "You have to be very, very still and very, very quiet."
The main thing I love about cats is how pleasant they are to touch, but I also love that you have to be very, very still and very, very quiet. Getting a cat's attention feels like an accomplishment in self-containment. They don't want you to need them -- they just want you to be companionable.
And yet I've never had a cat who was a real loner; all my cats have been the type to follow me from room to room demanding attention.
Dozens of times in my life I've said, "Hey, that would be a great name for a cat." (I always thought the Chicago suburb of Skokie would be a great name for a cat.) But every cat that didn't arrive already named has rejected the list of names and demanded a new name chosen just for it.
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rhi's prompt if you want to do the meme yourself! 22 --
marina - Your top three fics you've ever read. Your top three favorite fics you've ever written.23 --
laurenthemself -- Something spooky that's happened to you24 --
acid - Something you wish more people knew about you.25 --
26 -- In the absence of other input, I will attempt to analyze types of wassail verses
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out_there -- What is the accomplishment you're most proud of? Why? 28 --
lazaefair -- You’ve just won a Fanfic Oscar. Who do you thank in your acceptance speech and why? And what music do they play you off with?29 --
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