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I'm taking it easy this weekend. Going swimming. Doing a lot of reading. Waiting for the landlord to figure out why the dryer keeps blowing fuses, while hoping I have enough clean clothes to get through the next week.

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My first time in New Orleans....so many years ago... :D

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Very Important Holiday Today, Folks...

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It's World Cat Day!


I shall celebrate my cat.

Ranga is happy, especially when he is attacking his feather toy, or carrying his catnip mouse throughout the house by its tail. I've even caught him napping a few times snuggled up with his toys. He purrs constantly! Unless he's alone - then he meows to find us. This is only a problem at night, when we're trying to sleep. When I'm home, Ranga follows me around the house.

We put a collar on him yesterday. He wasn't too happy about the actual "putting the collar on" part, but didn't try to pull it off after it was on, either. I think I'll pick up a harness and lead and try to leash train him.

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It's Emily Dickinson's Birthday!

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Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson!
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
                                            (Source)

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