Category: Cat

A Cat on the Bookcase Instead of Other Things

Posted on April 28, 2024 by

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I share with you a picture of my cat eating his dinner on the bookcase. His bowl is placed there to keep it away from Swirl who has been known to take advantage of an accidentally left open office door to barrel in for… Continue Reading “A Cat on the Bookcase Instead of Other Things”

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Adaptation to Covid: 2024

Posted on April 2, 2024 by

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When illness requires quarantine, pray a grey cat keeps you company

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Hercules: The Loaner Cat

Posted on February 15, 2024 by

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Hercules is a loaner cat.             He was supposed to be just passing through until his owner, our son, got settled in an apartment that would allow pets. After two years, that still hasn’t happened, so Hercules, the fourteen-pound solid grey cat with green… Continue Reading “Hercules: The Loaner Cat”

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Herc in the Window

Posted on September 14, 2023 by

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He sits there waiting for the sun to come up. I watch him slyly, not completely opening my eyes, pretending to sleep because if he hears me, if he hears my eyelashes move against the morning air, feels my yawn from five feet away,… Continue Reading “Herc in the Window”

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What happens here on Red's Wrap is all over the map. There is no single theme, no overarching gripe, no malady of my own or others that dominates. I write about what seems important or interesting at the moment and what aims me toward hope. I write stories, essays, poems - whatever fits the day and the mood. Nothing stays the same, here or anywhere. That's a good thing. Happiness. It's relative.

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