[Magdalen] Update

[Molly Wolfmama]

We've done a lot of gentle talk and fussing.  Oliver goes for tummy rubs and all-over massage therapy.  I've put him on his favourite chair and loaded in excellent soul-soothing guitar music -- Celtic finger style guitar by Tony McManus, whom I firmly commend to guitar lovers. He's asleep, which is good.

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Jul 25, 2015, at 3:53 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Spending a lot of time playing with the cat can't hurt either.  Letting the
> cat know he or she is valued is very important. I'm a believer in talking
> things over with the cat. They may not be verbal, but they pick up a lot
> from what you say even if they do not always get the exact meaning. Respect
> is important too.
> 
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> 
>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Although I don't remember who mentioned it, it was brought up in context of
>> moving house and cats, and I know your name came up, so I am obviously
>> confused as to who said it. No matter, I've heard it said, and it seems a
>> reasonable idea. I believe the purpose is to have Kitty so occupied with
>> cleaning the butter off itself that it forgets the strangeness of the
>> surroundings.
>> 
>>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Good wishes for successful kitty transition eventually, and it gives
>>> me joy to think of you in a setting that you already consider home.
>>> Prayers for a real spiritual home in Kingston. May God bless all the
>>> new things in your life.
>>> 
>>> Georgia+
>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
>>>> Renovations finished.  Wonderful backyard space completed, with deck
>> and
>>> patio opening into leafy wild-ish yard.  Old house transferred with great
>>> relief to new owners (huzzah! "The sewer issue is now yours to deal
>>> with."). New house still needs much unpacking but is most excellently
>> home.
>>>> 
>>>> Small kitty-prayers for Oliver cat, who is upset, confused, and
>>> depressed.  He got into the old house (less than two blocks away) while I
>>> was cleaning it out and ran around the emptiness crying and freaking out.
>>> He knows the way "home" and back, but I think reality has hit him like a
>>> ton of bricks.
>>>> 
>>>> As for me, I am making excellent progress and am returning to Christian
>>> community at my former parish in Kingston.  The little parish in
>> Gananoque
>>> is visibly failing and has succumbed to an infestation of Power
>>> Leaderitis.  (I suspect I don't have to explain that.) I got in the way
>> and
>>> felt it best to leave.
>>>> 
>>>> Molly
>>>> 
>>>> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in
>>> no other way. -- Mark Twain
>>