On Friday, I was given a tiny kitten to care for--for the weekend--but his stay is now indefinite. Sometimes, you just need a kitten, and you didn't even know it. Hubby would appreciate my finding a home for the baby when he's older. Meanwhile...
My recently turned eleven-year-old granddaughter, Emma, has a way of finding kittens in our barn. I didn't realize we had any unneutered cats. We haven't for several years. But it seems a mama kitty and her recently born kittens were dropped off on our farm, and mama misplaced a baby as she moved her brood about. Emma found it. At first, the idea was that Emma would keep the kitten at her house. As the baby is quite young, her busy nurse mother, Charity, was frequently syringing formula into its mouth, plus plus. But the care got to be too much with her long shifts at the hospital, and she never signed up for a kitten, so now I have it. Baby needs a name. He--I think it's male--is a sweet purry little lad, unless he's a bonny lass. Everyone who meets the furbaby instantly falls in love (except DH, who is tolerant but not sentimental) and I got to thinking how much gentler the world would be if more people had kittens. They generally bring out the best in folk, unless someone is just plain mean. If you can't be kind to a kitten, you should seriously reexamine your life. A kitten is a wondrous, ephemeral little being, and I have always marveled at them. Simply holding a furry baby is soothing. Kitten therapy could lead to world peace.
I have edits to do on my latest time travel/historical/mystery romance, and a WIP to work on... and a tiny furbaby to assist me. Not to mention the gang, our rescue dog, Jilly, puppy Cooper (who loves the kitten) and three cats, Kitty Pavel, and brothers Peaches and Cream. Peaches is sulking about the newcomer. The others don't mind it. All my furbabies are rescues, except Cooper, and he might as well have been. Yes, they are a handful, but I cannot imagine my life without them. Nor do I wish to. They are my dear friends, furbabies, and an essential part of my life.
I know few authors who do not have and love their furbabies.
"if only kittens stayed as kittens for 2-3 years, the world would be a much happier place." ~ my cat loving Facebook friend, Hilda Rodriguez Coronado.
"It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens." ~Cynthia E. Varnad
Kittens are angels with whiskers. ~Terri Guillemets, "Trouble on the side," 1987
Kittens can happen to anyone. ~Paul Gallico
A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal. ~Agnes Repplier
For more on me and my work, visit my Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Beth-Trissel/e/B002BLLAJ6
My recently turned eleven-year-old granddaughter, Emma, has a way of finding kittens in our barn. I didn't realize we had any unneutered cats. We haven't for several years. But it seems a mama kitty and her recently born kittens were dropped off on our farm, and mama misplaced a baby as she moved her brood about. Emma found it. At first, the idea was that Emma would keep the kitten at her house. As the baby is quite young, her busy nurse mother, Charity, was frequently syringing formula into its mouth, plus plus. But the care got to be too much with her long shifts at the hospital, and she never signed up for a kitten, so now I have it. Baby needs a name. He--I think it's male--is a sweet purry little lad, unless he's a bonny lass. Everyone who meets the furbaby instantly falls in love (except DH, who is tolerant but not sentimental) and I got to thinking how much gentler the world would be if more people had kittens. They generally bring out the best in folk, unless someone is just plain mean. If you can't be kind to a kitten, you should seriously reexamine your life. A kitten is a wondrous, ephemeral little being, and I have always marveled at them. Simply holding a furry baby is soothing. Kitten therapy could lead to world peace.
I have edits to do on my latest time travel/historical/mystery romance, and a WIP to work on... and a tiny furbaby to assist me. Not to mention the gang, our rescue dog, Jilly, puppy Cooper (who loves the kitten) and three cats, Kitty Pavel, and brothers Peaches and Cream. Peaches is sulking about the newcomer. The others don't mind it. All my furbabies are rescues, except Cooper, and he might as well have been. Yes, they are a handful, but I cannot imagine my life without them. Nor do I wish to. They are my dear friends, furbabies, and an essential part of my life.
I know few authors who do not have and love their furbabies.
"if only kittens stayed as kittens for 2-3 years, the world would be a much happier place." ~ my cat loving Facebook friend, Hilda Rodriguez Coronado.
"It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens." ~Cynthia E. Varnad
Kittens are angels with whiskers. ~Terri Guillemets, "Trouble on the side," 1987
Kittens can happen to anyone. ~Paul Gallico
A kitten is the most irresistible comedian in the world. Its wide-open eyes gleam with wonder and mirth. It darts madly at nothing at all, and then, as though suddenly checked in the pursuit, prances sideways on its hind legs with ridiculous agility and zeal. ~Agnes Repplier
For more on me and my work, visit my Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Beth-Trissel/e/B002BLLAJ6
