T.S. Eliot's Jellicle Cats

Go here to read this delightful poem, from "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats." In their youth, I think that my niece's Roo-cat and my own M&M were of the Jellicle persuasion. Roo has departed this year to whatever new feline locale she has chosen, and M&M can now only leap and dance in her own imagination, because in her old age she has grown too heavy for her own aged joints and muscles to accomplish more than limited jumping about.

Note, by the way, that "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" was the basis of the 1981-1982 hit musical "Cats."

Remembering Roo-cat

I sent my niece (among others) a Jacquie Lawson Christmas e-card that featured a playful little black kitten. You can view it here, if you're curious to see it. I think it's delightful. In her thank-you note, she told me about her beloved black cat, Roo, a domestic short-hair much like the one depicted in the e-card. She lost Roo, only just this year. This picture of her Roo-cat shows her to be so much like my own M&M that they could have been twins, or, at least, sisters.

And here's my own M&M, Christmas Eve, 2012

Happiness Is

the gift of a photo of one's great-grandson, as that same toddler shares goodies with his little cousin at a Christmas party.

A Couple of Christmas Eve Cats

Thistle

M&M

Celebrate!

With this slide show from Dierk Haasis, offered to us as a way to brighten up the darkest days of the year.

My Snazzy New Christmas Hat

From my daughter!

Self-portrait, done with a mirror and my versatile Canon G2 digital camera, on December 14, 2012, for my daughter, who knows so many ways to delight me.

December Delights from Dierk Haasis

Christmas in Hamburg, tea for one, a Buddha, a Japanese teahouse, browsing rabbits, a chilly beach, Mark Twain in two modes, and much more -- go here and brighten your December days.